on a Stone brought from Kalabshé by Captain Rarntrer. 263 
N.B. Kalabshé is about thirty-five miles above Assowan (or Syéne), the 
boundary of Egypt.” 
(Signed) P. Rainier. 
Southampton, March 8, 1831. 
No. 3. A transcript of the Inscription, accompanied with Notes, and a Trans- 
lation. By P. Raiwier, Esq. 
Invicti  veneranda ducis ™ per seecula vellent 
Victrices Musze Pallas crinitus Apollo 
Leta serenifico defundere carmina Gallo 
Intemerata malas hominum set ° numina fra[udes] 
Jurgiaque arcanis et perfida pectora curis 
Fugére Hadriani tamen ad pia seecula verti 
Ausa per occultas remeant rimata “) latebras 
Ut spirent cautes ©) ac tempora prisca salute[nt] 
Sacra Mamertino sonuerunt preside si[ gna|© 
Tum superim manifesta Fides” stetit in civi[tate]® 
Inachias “) sospes ‘® diti pede “”) pressit haren[as] 
Namque in percelsi densata sedilia tem [pli] 
Incola quo plebes tectis et funditur a[Itis] 
Munera cceli[colis, or coltim]...... 
The portions of words in brackets are conjectural. 
Observations. 
©) The Znvictus Dux must have been some person who preceded Apr1an; 
for the periods of the one and the other are evidently distinct; in one, the 
Muses, &c. fled; in the other, they returned. The epithet, veneranda, 
though applied to s@cula, seems, however, to imply that the person had the 
title of Augustus, which was interpreted by the Greeks X:Gacoc, i.e. vine- 
randus. Why should it not be the Aucustus, to whom that title was first 
given by the Senate ? The term, invictus dua, is less applicable to Arian, 
who, though he had served under Trasan, was not so much distinguished 
in his warlike character, as in that of a man of science ; and whose love of 
peace, when emperor, even induced him to purchase it from some barbarous 
nations by the payment of money. The idea that Aucusrus was intended 
is strengthened by what follows respecting GaLLus. 
(2) The person here spoken of seems to be Cneus (or Pustius, for he 
has been so called) Corne.ius Ga.us, the first Prefect (Prases) of Egypt. 
ZE.ius Gauuus, afterwards Prefect or Procurator, is known only as the 
Vox. III. 2M 
