166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
NY, kako, kago, gago, the present gogo, mind, desire, would 
be expected. This inconsistency I can for the present only 
state, not explain. 
t = ech, etch, ich, itch, certainly, and probably ets, its, etz, itz. Ex- 
amples: {VCI ichpichio, {I etsai. F 
|. same as 8. This form, rare in Etruscan, but common in Hittite 
and Cypriote, occursin Lanzi No. 419, vol. IL., p. 376, for SA 
anra, now andre. 
/\ /\ = ba, bo, bu, pa, po, pu, ab, ap. Ob and up are rendered by 
IA. The second character appears in the Eugubine Tables. 
Examples : AED banetu, /LV babe, AA YDE borokutune, 
now borrokatzen.® 
There are other Etruscan characters than those I have indicated 
the powers of, but their signification is not essential to a knowledge 
of the inscriptions in general, nor is it wise at this early stage of 
Etruscan study to obtrude that which is less important. I do not 
38 Mr. VanderSmissen calls my attention to an Etruscan syllabary and alphabet upon a 
lecythus, found at Caere, represented in the collection of Fabretti. The syllabary I cannot 
reproduce in full without an ergraving which at this stage is unnecessary. The following 
sample sufficiently indicates its character :— 
Read by Lepsius : 
ASC ASE Yolo bi ba bu be 
AILAAAYAE gi ga gu ge 
Te AS ienye sl oe zi za Zu Ze 
8I8A8YS8E hi ha hu _ he 
O|1LOAOYOE di da du de 
MIMAMYME mi ma mu me 
MIiMAMYME ni na nu ne 
PI PAPY PE pi pa pu pe 
‘ el * *% % + * % + 
ASD iy. 2p toeeba, ete ate 
First [ call attention to the fact that the illustrious Lepsius has given values to the charac- 
ters A, O, M, P, which are at variance with those given by the present school of Etruscologists. 
They make A = p,O=th,M=s, and P=r. I think, however, that he is right in reading Y 
as V. 
The alphabet, as nearly as type will represent it, is as follows: 
ABCDEFI801IKL(M)MDOPNPSTYTOL 
The 8 is square; the first O is traversed by a horizontal line; the 1) contains a cross; the 
second O has a central dot ; the N has a shortened left limb as in old Greek; the second T 
carries the perpendicular line above the diagonal line ; and the LJ is more like the Greek ¥. 
If the alphabet is Etruscan, D is r according to present readings, and so are the two P’s; 
also the variant T’s are read with the same powers, as are the two sforms M and 3. It is also 
to be noted that the supposed alphabet and syllabary are not accordant. 
Some light may be shed upon this succession of characters by comparing it with another 
supposed alphabet figured in Dennis’s Cities of Etruria, and readily accessible in Browne’s 
History of Roman Classical Literature. The author says: ‘‘One example of the Etruscan 
