ETJIURIA CAPTA. 187 



The following inscription exhibits the use of basa for and : 



258. /IV/ILINA bapi basa uga ra babe baita uga ra 

 /ILANCV basa raka chipi fetchoraka chipi- 



NCIPE kachi iitune -kache oaten 



Translation — father and mothei' foi- dear little one to regard 

 Fredy— For father and mother to consider the dear little one 



The first line needs no explanation. The first word of the second 

 is one of the few Basque expressions beginning with f. It is a 

 deiivative from fetclbo, " gentil," a most appropriate term for a child. 

 I have joined chijn with kache, because in another inscription I find 

 az^n-kache, from azjnko, slave or servant. In che we have probably 

 the word already translated meme, but which also affirms or exag- 

 gerates the signification of the word to which it is attached. For 

 the meaning of the last word oaten, I am indebted to the Manx 

 runic inscriptions, heretofore read as Norse. These furnish a verb 

 oyaman or oa-eman, the latter part of which is eman, to give. In 



Fabretti, 1491. AVLBFBLlmNAMOESDISA 



arpisaiie agiiisaumikarauomanelatuunora 

 YADXIS ■ CLAN 

 kuratugouno chisaraka 



erpetzen Eginezaumika rano eman lotu an andre 

 behold Eginezaumika towards-gives spouse his wife 

 Kuratu go ona zazu rako 

 Kuratu of goodness have ye sympatliy 

 The dative postposition is perliaps omitted after lotu because it has appeared after the name 

 The first Vford may be trpc or arbe zutn, ye who hold or behold. 



Fabretti, 1492. LAUOFELlmNAMAVLEM 



saratumaaginsauniikaranorapisaneno 



zarratu mai Eginezaumika rano erpetzen no 



engraved tablet Eginezaumika towards holding of 

 I suppose erpRtzcn, taking the place of artw, means holding in memory, and that "of" is here 

 equivalent to the English " for." 



Fabretti 1493 is identical with 1492, with one exception : 



PELFELImNAM AVLEM 



aginza Eginezaumika rano eriietzen no 



an offering Eginezaumika towards holding of 

 Fabretti, 1494, shows a similar slight variation : 



ADNOFELImNA AVLEM 



artu gomu Eginezaumika ra erpetzen no 



memorial Eginezaumika to holding of 

 Fabretti, 1495. FELlAFELTmNEIADNOIAL 



aginzaura aginsaumikaneu artukamourasa 



aginza harri Eginezaumika kanio artu gomu au eritza 



offering stone Eginezaumika belongs to hold memory his beloved 

 This is a woman's monument, probably of the wife of Eginezaumika. She is simply repre- 

 sented by eriUa, the esteemed or beloved. I observe here, as I have done elsewhere, the habit 



