on a Stone brought from Kalabshé by Captain Rarnier. 267 
some of the Greek inscriptions mentioned in note 5. Again, we find here 
the first syllable of Mamertinus short, which should be long, according to 
Martiat, |. 13. e. 117, if this name be derived, as probably it is, from the 
same place, as that of the wine mentioned in the epigram. 
©) Inachias. The word Znachius has been used in other cases in the sense 
of Grecian, but the Rev. H. Drury very ingeniously understands it here as 
Egyptian, in the same way as Istacus, Ists or Io being the daughter of 
Inacuus. She is sometimes called Inacuts. 
(°) Sospes may be applied to Fides, as meaning auspicious, or unimpaired, 
undiminished, or in the old sense of preserving, for sospita. 
(1) Diti pede may mean that she brought with her riches and prosperity to 
the country—perhaps fertility to the sandy soil. 
(2) Densata sedilia templi. No mention is found elsewhere, I believe, of 
the “ seats of the temple.” We might obtain information respecting these, 
as well as on other interesting matters, should the lost part of this record 
be recovered. This, it is to be hoped, will be effected by a careful search 
among the ruins on the same spot. 
The following may be taken as a literal translation of the lines : 
“ In the august age of the unconquered leader, the victorious Muses, 
Patxas, and Arotto with the flowing hair, wished to pour forth joyful songs 
to the pacificator, Gattus. But these pure deities fled from the wicked 
falsehoods of men, their quarrels, and their bosoms perfidious with secret 
cares (anxious with thoughts of secret perfidy). 
“‘ In the pious age, of Aprian, however, daring to change their resolution, 
they return, having been sought out through the hidden places of conceal- 
ment, that rocks may breathe and hail the ancient times (as returned). 
“In the prefecture of Mamerrinus the sacred statues sounded. Then the 
protecting Favour of the gods stood manifest in the state, and auspicious 
pressed with an enriching foot the Egyptian sands. For on the crowded 
(closely placed) seats of the lofty temple, towards which, as well as on the 
high roofs, the dei 9 ge pour themselves, offerings to the gods (or 
gifts of the gods) —— 
The acrostic, as far as we have it, is “ Julit Faustini M.” Crcero (de Divin.) 
remarks, that the Sybilline verses were acrostic, the initial letters of the lines 
forming a short title expressive of the subject. It was probably so here. 
I presume, therefore, that the third word, of which we have the M., was 
Mamertini, something more following. He was perhaps the principal cha- 
