On the Perfe^olit'an Infcrlptions, 87 



Xerxes. The words on which accents are found ought to be 

 .titles. By different combinations the author obtained the 

 words Khfcherche avid DarbeuJ'ch ; by help of the words 

 found, read the other words of the infcriplion on the urn of 

 Cavlus, and thofc of B and G of Niebuhr, which he explains 

 according to the Zendic. The dictionaries and grammatical 

 remarks of Anquetil were of great fervice to him in this 

 labour. 



The author has given, as the rcfults of his rcfearches, an ex- 

 planation of the inrcri|)tions on the urn already mentioued, 

 and thofe ofNiebuhr, pi. 24, B, G. He read thus the B of 

 Niebuhr: Ddrheufcb KhJ'ch h'loh eghre. Khfcbeblih Khfcbi- 

 hiohetchJo. Khjch^bioh. Dahutcbao. Gofchlafphahe, bun 

 akbeolchofcbocb, ah 600, Moro, ezuichufch, that is to fay, Da- 

 rius rex Jortis, rex rei^um, rev daharum CJiiiusJ Hyjfujpys, 

 fVirps muiuii reCioris, in covjlellatione majculd tou Moro, to-j 

 Ized. Moro is oneof the twenty-eight conftellations ; the 

 author refers the word governor of the world to GiemOiid, 

 from whom the Perfian kings, the Achemenides, derived their 

 origin. 



He read thus the infcription marked G of Niebuhr?' 

 KhJ'cherche Khj^h.hioh eghre. Khfchchiob. KbJ'chihmhetchao, 

 Darheufch Kb/ihehiobehe. bun. akheotchofcboh, that is to fav, 

 Xerxes rex fortis, rexregum (fdius) Ddrii, regis Jhrps omnium 

 r^doris. It is in this manner that the author explams the in- 

 fcription found in Le Briiyu, p. 273, No. 133, on the mantle 

 ofthekiuff: he even propofes correlations. He thinks alio 

 that he can reRore and correct the infcription on the window, 

 (fee in the fame place No. 134.) What has been here faid 

 mav enable the reader to form lome opinion of his labour. 



However unexpected this difcovery may be, it leems to 

 deferve fome attention : we have reafon indeed to be on our 

 guard againlt dilcoveries o( this kind, becaufe one mav be 

 eafily deceived bv poilible combinations, and by certain i'up- 

 pofjlions which may originate in chance; elpecialiy when 

 the language atl'ords no certain means of judging of their 

 a>rrectnets, and when, on the oth..'r hand, the language iil'elf 

 nuilt in iome meafure be difcovercd. As the author ha^" 

 not made known his alphubet, and as he has not mentioned 

 whether if be complete for all the inicripiions of the lirll Ibrt 

 of writing, and how far he has made relearchcs in regard to 

 the other kinds; no opinion can yet be formed of ilie cer- 

 tainly and extent of the dilcovery. It appears that the author 

 hitlierlo has employed himCelf chiefly with the infcriplions of 

 I'crfepolis, and we mull confine to theie inicripiions fome 

 priatiplcj too generally exprelied; namely, that each ion of 

 G 4 writing 



