166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE, 



NY, kako, kago, gago, the present gogo, mind, desire, would 

 be expected. This inconsistency I can for the present only 

 state, not explain. 

 J = ech, etch, ich, itch, certainly, and probably ets, its, etz, itz. Ex- 

 amples : |YCI ichpichio, |I etsai. 

 •|- same as S. This form, rare in Etruscan, but common in Hittite 

 and Cypriote, occurs in Lanzi No. 419, vol. II., p. 376, for SA 

 anra, now andre. 

 /I /\ = ba, bo, bu, pa, po, pu, ab, ap. Ob and up are rendered by 

 I/l. The second character appears in the Eugiibine Tables. 

 Examples : /lED banetu, /LV babe, /lAYDE borokutune, 

 now borrokatzen.^ 

 There are other Etruscan characters than those I have indicated 

 the powers of, but their signification is not essential to a knowledge 

 of the inscriptions in general, nor is it wise at this early stage of 

 Etruscan study to obtrude that which is less important. I do not 



38 Mr. VanderSmissen calls my attention to an Etruscan syllabary and alphabet upon a 

 lecythus, found at Caere, represented in the collection of Fabretti. The syllabary I cannot 

 reproduce in full without an ergraving which at this stage is unnecessary. The following 

 sample sufficiently indicates its character : — 



r 1 r A r Y r e 



/I I /lA/lYytE 



I I lAIY I E 



8 I 8 A 8Y S E 



1 A O Y O E 



mimArnvmE 



Ml MAM y ME 

 PI PAPY PE 



T 1 T A T Y T E ti ta tu te 



First I call attention to the fact that the illustrious Lepsius has given values to the charac- 

 ters /Ij O, M, P, which are at variance with those given by the present school of Etruscologists. 

 They make A = p, = th, M = s, and P = r. I think, however, that he is right in reading Y 

 asV. 



The alphabet, as nearly as type will represent it, is as follows : 



ABCDEFI80IKL(m)Mn0PNP2TYT0l 



The 8 is square ; the first O is traversed by a horizontal line ; the D contains a cross ; the 

 second has a central dot ; the N has a sliorteued left limb as in old Greek ; the second T 

 carries the perpendicular line above the diagonal line ; and the X is more like the Greek *. 



If the alphabet is Etruscan, D is r according to present readings, and so are the two P's ; 

 also the variant T's are read with the same powers, as are the two s forms M and 2. It is also 

 to be noted that the supposed alphabet and syllabary are not accordant. 



Some light may be shed upon this succession of characters by comparing it with another 

 supposed alphabet figured in Dennis's Cities of Etruria, and readily accessible in Browne's 

 History of Roman Classical Literature. The author says: "One example of the Etruscan 



