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1898-99.] THE OLDEST WRITTEN RECORDS OF THE LEAGUE OF THE IROQUOIS. 259 
or: “ Kisaye ruler of Moab, high lord of Bamoth.” Mr. Forster’s 88 is 
from the Wady Mokkateb, and is defective, yet gives a synchronism. 
No, XI. kishishime . . ta ma da shishi beshi no ba 
shi no shi da shi 
In Japanese : 
kiza shime . . ta Mada seshi besshi Noba 
engraved notice. .? Mada viceroy special Anub 
sinetsi tachi 
esteeming appoints 
“ Anub, esteeming Mada, appoints him regent extraordinary.” 
A very difficult inscription on page 96 of Mr. Forster’s book, and 
which is not numbered like others, comes from Wady Nasab. It may 
be read : 
No. XII. kishi ya nobeko behano o be ri do kuba o be 
kishishime lasada kimi be be 
ta bera no ma bekama 
In Japanese : 
Kisaye Nobe go bei no obe rido kobe obe. 
Kisaye Anub of yes of lord justice head lord 
kiza shime Lasada kemi be be- 
proclaims Lasada inspector under mi- 
-taberi no me be Kemi 
ners of eye under inspector 
In English : 
“ Kisaye, lord of the electors of Anub, chief lord of justice, proclaims 
Laadah superintendent of the subordinate inspectors of the miners.” 
Here we have Kisaye and Mada, father and son, acting in succession 
as prime ministers of Anub, the grandson of Ammon. It is natural to 
think that Kisaye may have been a son or grandson of Moab, having 
paternal estates, not in the land of Moab, but in the Delta of the Nile, 
contiguous to the kingdom of Xois, and which included the Bamoth of 
Inscription X The Moabites were evidently subject to the Ammonian 
line of Xois, and only achieved their independence, when, some time 
before Israel’s exodus, they quitted Egypt and settled in the country 
east of Jordan which bears their name. 
Mr. Forster’s 75 from Wady Mokkateb exhibits the relations between 
the Xoite kingdom and the Hittite league: 
No. XIII. ku ki yo ma re shi da nota be kumi noto tsu ta 
kumi noto be ma no 
