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kadian a, “water.” Itais-used-in-some-cases phonetically for 
the_participle, as-in-Akkadian, &c. 
No. 36. A snake. Perhaps the Cypriote ye. 
No. 37. Apparently a_ sickle. Cypriote sa. Compare the 
Tartar sa, se, “knife.” It is—used_ phonetically as-a~suffix, 
perhaps the Akkadian sa, “with” or “in.” 
No. 38. The open. hand. Cypriote se. Akkadian sa, 
“oive.” Tartar saa, “take.” 
No. 39. Supposed to be the emblem of deity,—a prefix ; 
probably the Cypriote si. Perhaps a conventionalised eye 
(Akkadian si, Medic siya, “to see”). Compare the common 
Turanian es or is, for a deity. 
No. 40. Perhaps the Cypriote sw. Only occurs four times. 
No. 41. Resembles the cuneiform and Chinese emblem for 
** breath,” “ wind,” “spirit.” Cypriote zo or ze. Occurs as 
the name of a god. Akkadian 2, “ spirit.” 
No. 42. A prefix. The Cypriote emblem has the sound no 
or os. Probably the second pronoun, as in Akkadian, &c. 
No. 43. Used asa verb root. Perhaps the Cypriote vo. It 
seems to mean “word” or “speak.” Akkadian gu and mu 
(or vu). 
No. 44. Resembles the Chinese, cuneiform and Egyptian 
“emblem for heaven. Akkadian wu. It may be compared with 
the Carian letter w or o. 
No. 45. The Lycian w resembles this sign, which is appar- 
ently phonetic, and perhaps a conjunction (Akkadian w, 
Turkish w). In Lycian, such a sign is used also as a stop. 
No. 46 has the value me on the bi-lingual. See what has 
been said in the text of this paper. It seems to be the plural, - 
as in other systems. 
No. 47. Dim on the bi-lingual. Resembles the cuneiform 
emblem dim. 
No. 48. The deer’s head. Tar or tarkw on the bi-lingual. 
See what is said in the text. 
No. 49. Hr on the bi-lingual. Apparently a phonetic in 
other texts with the value ra, as in the Akkadian and 
Medic particle ‘ to.” 
No. 50. An eagle. Appears to have the sound zi, as 
explained in the text. 
No. 51. The foot, used, evidently, as a verb, and resembles 
the cuneiform du. Probably may be sounded as in Akkadian 
and used for the passive (du, “come” or “become”’). 
