jintiqu'tties, 9^ 



Ion, and perhaps fome other monuments, if the refearchet 

 of Dr. Lichtenftein do not affign to them another period. 

 This writing has a pecuHar charafterj which may be diftin- 

 guifhed by the name of the nail -writing* . ad. The Perfian : 

 the monuments of PerfepoHs, fome gems and vafes, the ftone 

 of which C. Millin fpeaks, and feveral others. The writing 

 of the hatter has more refemblance to the point of a dart. It 

 might be called dart-writtng. 3d, The Egypto-Pcrfian : to 

 this kind, in all probability, belong the cylindric amulets of 

 haematites with wedge-formed letters and figures ; and, ia 

 particular, a fragment of a ftone found near Suez, which ex- 

 hibits wedge-formed letters; and a Perfian head, having; oa 

 it a hawk's wing. An engraving of it may be feen inlDe- 

 fion, from a drawing by general Dugua. This variety of 

 monuments, which is daily becoming more numerous, proves 

 how widely diffufed the ufe of fuch letters was at a certain 

 period. 



Xyi, Intelligence and Mifcellaneous Articles. 

 ANTiauiTIES. 



OOME curious and valuable remains of antiquity were lately 

 difcovered in Iltria, Dalmatia, and Albania, and have been 

 Lent to Vienna by M. de Carnea Stephaneo, his imperial 

 majefty's commiflary in theie provinces. The articles found 

 are: 



I ft, A torfo of Parian marble, found among the ruins of 

 Salona, in Dalmatia, a league north-eaft from Spalatro. It is 

 fcven feet and a half in height, and reprefents a naked warrior 

 feated on the trunk of a tree, on which is placed his v.ardrefs. 

 This ftatue is in the moft fublime Grecian flyle. The expreffion 

 ftnd beauty of the form (how that it is the work of one of the 

 firft maftcrs of antiquity. The belt exhibits a peculiarity not 

 generally met with in ftatues of this kind. It is much to be 

 regretted that it is mutilated nearly in the fame manner as 

 ^he torfo of the Vatican at Rome. 



ad, A Minerva, of Corinthian brafs, found in Dalmatia, 

 near Xa-Oftrogs, three leagues and a half from the mouih 

 of the Narcnta. It is eight feet in height, and perfectly 

 entire. This Minerva is in the Greek coltume, with a hel- 

 met, an apgid, and a Medufa's head on the hreaft : ihe holds 

 a lance in the left hand, which is fomcwliat elevated, and a 

 cup in the right. The hair is arranged in the fame manner 



f Vox a fpcci men «f this kind of writliig, f<c cur xiih volutne, 



as 



