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syllable (neglecting the distinction between 7 and w), or a syllable containing 
the same consonant followed by a, the first of the two characters loses its vowel, 
and becomes, in fact, a mere expletive, as I explained in my former paper that 
the simple consonant would be under the same circumstances. 
This has led me to some important rectifications of values. 
The three following characters, which I made to consist of a consonant pre- 
ceded by a vowel, really represent the same consonant followed by a vowel, 
namely, 3, na; 27, pu; 63, tu. 
Fhe three following, which I made simple consonants, really contain a fol- 
lowing vowel, viz. 30, ta ; 32, ta ; 42, na. 
No. 28, which begins the name of Egypt, should be wa, not k. I make its 
value commence with w, because this is used for m in other instances; and I 
make it to end with a, because it is the second character in the name, answering 
to the Persian Hémaw[étd], as I supply the deficient letters. I read the Median 
name, which is 76, 28, 36, 32, 50, O.wa.pi.?.ta. Where a vowel is suppressed, 
pursuant to the new principle above laid down, as in 32 in the present word, I 
substitute an apostrophe for it. 
I have no longer any doubt that 50 is fa; 54, not valued before, is sz. 
In addition to the foregoing, I make the following changes in the printed 
alphabet : 
17 is sa; 22, w; 29, washa; 33, pu; 34, pi; 36, pi; 38, uw; 57, probably 
wash ; 76, 6; 78, sa. There is no ground for giving 66 the value suggested 
for it. 
Besides having a phonetic value, na, No. 3 is used as a non-phonetic initial 
before the name of Ormazd, as the corresponding Babylonian character is. This 
name is 3, 76, 13, 57, 51, which I now read *O.ra.wash.ta. The word signi- 
fying God is written 3, 4, 27, or with 33 or 36 added, i.e. 1’.na.pu, m.na.p’.pu, 
or 2’.na.p’.pi. The Babylonian word is nabu, and it might have been better 
to have always used 6 in place of p in the Median. 
It is worthy of notice that, in the name Owapita, above quoted, the cha- 
racter which denotes pi or bi, in this last word, is used to express wz; a proof 
that in Median these sounds were sometimes confounded, as they always were in 
Babylonian. 
To the third kind of Persepolitan writing the name of Babylonian may be 
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