290 NOTES ON LATIN INSCRIPTIONS FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
the cognomen of the Cerecius mentioned in p. ccclxxix, n. 6, of 
Gruter. 
22.* At Corbridge (the ancient Cortospitum), two altars were 
found bearing Greek inscriptions. One of them is figured in Dr. 
Bruce’s Roman Wall, p. 318, and the inscription is thus translated : 
“¢ ASTAPTHS Of Astarte, 
BOMON ™’ The altar 
ESOPAS You see, 
TIOYAXEP MW? Pulcher 
ANEOHKEN replaced.” 
This translation omits that pleasing characteristic, which is often 
found in Greek inscriptions, whereby the object is regarded as ad- 
dressing the reader; and not only is ME overlooked in the second 
and in the fourth line, but the sense of ANE@HKEN is not cor- 
rectly expressed. It does not mean “replaced,” but “set up,” 
“erected,” “dedicated.” Mr. Wright, p. 269, correctly renders it : 
“Of Astarte 
the altar me 
you see, 
Puicher me 
dedicated.” 
i.e. You see me the altar of Astarte; Pulcher dedicated me. He 
also notices the circumstance, that the inscription “forms a line in 
Greek hexameter verse.” It is strange, that, being aware of this, he 
did not observe that a slight emendation will give the same structure 
in the inscription on the other altar. Following Horsley, he reads: 
‘¢ HPAKAEI To Hercules 
TIPPIQ. the Tyrian 
AIOAQPA Diodora 
APXIEPEIA the high-priestess.” 
It is plain that TIPPIO destroys the metre, and that the verse 
should stand thus : 
HPAKAEI TYPIOQ AIOAQPA APXTEPEIA. 
1.€. “Hpaxdet Tupi Avodapa apxiepeta. 
In another Greek inscription, found at Chester, in, I believe, 1856, 
we have also an Hexameter, which has escaped the notice of Dr. 
* As the number of Greek inscriptions found in Britain is very small, I have thought it 
better to incorporate any remarks, which I have to offer on them, with my Notes on Latin 
Inscriptions. 
