262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 
lS wick — Cr ARWE Ain Nn CARR VAS eSNEs 
Lip—APN = ARMY NT = APPT 
APNYNAL 
artuka artukakukau artu tuu 
artukaku karasa 
artuka Artukaku Kai artu dio 
Artukaku sortze 
receptacle Artugogo Kai receive it him does 
Artugogo natus 
Here, I think, the playful fancy of the Etruscan scribe has dis- 
ported itself in heaping up artu’s. The only doubtful word is artuka, 
literally, by holding, which I read receptacle, that which contains. 
22, F, 3, No. 101. Zat.—Q - SCRIBONIVS :C- F 
Etr.- FL + t10V 
ag sa ich u chi pi 
egi so Ichauspe 
behold Ichauspe 
The exclamation or imperative would now read so egi. Ichauspe 
is a very Basque looking word, but I do not know how it translates 
Scribonius. To shut, enclose or hold, is ich, and ICV may be hitz 
be, under word, or ospe, sound, fame, renown. The compound is not 
in any Basque lexicon known to me. The Basque has lost its 
original words denoting writing, and letters generally. 
Three other Scribonius inscriptions were found in company with 
the above, one in Latin and two in Etruscan. , 
F. 3, No. 102. A * SCRIBON 
Ofte 
¥. 3, No. 98. PL-“jICV* VE “MVYVAL 
EF. 3, No. 100; FL,” tIC¥ = FL VY 
egi so ichauspe pisa mipikupirasa 
egi so ichauspe egiso mipiku 
A comparison of the two latter leads me to regard Mipi, Mebe as 
a local name, answering in a measure to Meva in Mevania. Thus I 
read No. $9: 
egi so Ichauspe Pisa Mebe jabe eritsa 
behold Ichauspe: Pisa Mebe’s lord esteems 
Pisa is a woman’s name, and may be the widow of Ichauspe. I 
read No. 100: 
egi so Ichauspe egi so Mebego 
behold Ichauspe behold Mebe of 
