234 Rev. Epwarp Hincxs on the three Kinds of Persepolitan Writing, 
in composition, prefixed to consonants, as IV. 71, patikara, and I. 58, an’ushiyd. 
Surely it follows from this, that the prepositions were pronounced as dissyllables, 
pati and anu. Before a vowel the semivowel is retained, as in patiydisha, 
I. 13, 18, which is compounded of the former preposition and disha, which occurs 
alone, I. 93. 
3rd. Some new words occur, in which transcriptions or analogy of other lan- 
guages, in a manner, compel us to read the two letters as a single vowel, even 
in the middle of a word. Thus, the name of the younger son of Cyrus is, 
according to Major Rawlinson, Bart‘ia, and in the accusative, Bartiam. The 
name given to this prince by Herodotus clearly shews that its final syllable should 
be read di in the nominative, and dim in the accusative. The pronoun of the 
second person singular is, in the nominative, Phuwam, 1V.37. This would be, 
according to my mode of reading, ¢zém, which is precisely the Zend form. In 
IL. 75, we have dhwwarayd, meaning, “at the gate,” the locative singular from 
dhuward. I read this word ddrd; and it appears to me evident that it corres- 
ponds to the Greek Svpa. I will presently notice the bearing of this correspon- 
dence on the value of the initial letter in the word. 
4th. I mentioned in my former paper one word in the inscriptions of Darius, 
in which a secondary letter was used to express a syllable. The Bisitun inscrip- 
tion supplies a great number of analogous instances. Thus, No. 31 is used for 
31, 33, twice in I. 4, in the name of the father of Darius; and elsewhere, in this 
and in other words, as in I. 69, 71, &c. Major Rawlinson reads in these place. 
Vashtaspa, vdtham, &c.; I read Wishtdspa, wizam, &c. In like manner, 
No. 24 is used for 24, 26, in I. 93 and elsewhere. The Major reads here 
Nabukhadrachara, without even a distinguishing mark after the secondary letter, 
such as he used in vdtham. Elsewhere he reads khu, No. 26 being supplied. 
I read, in both cases equally, kw. 
5th. When aprimary letter occurs before ¢ or w, in a case where a secondary 
letter proper to that vowel existed, I laid it down as a rule that a is to be inter- 
posed, sometimes as a distinct syllable, but generally as a gwna, or, I should have 
added, a wriddhi to the vowel. I gave some instances of this, and I added more 
in my note. I will now give some additional ones, including some in which the 
Major’s translation appears to me erroneous, from his not having been aware of 
this rule. In I. 78, after words signifying “he rose up,” come Babiruwa 
