206 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



141. FI/IA ATINANA^s age oba ra argo uga rakara 



ANOAPEM ai'ka moritune no 



age obi ra Argo uga rakora Arka Moritune no 

 behold grave to Argo mother sympathy Arka Moritune of 



The word ohi means a grave or tomb. Anciently it seems to have 

 been oba. The construction of the sentence is imperfect in that no 

 postposition follows uga. As for rakara, it was originally "a toward- 

 ing," and the foundation of urikarri, urrikal, erruki., eruTciorra, and 

 other words expressing sympathy. Area Moritune was a family 

 name at Monte Pulciano, for the following inscriptions contain the 

 name : 



139. AVLE • ANOADE 

 arpi zuen arka moritune 

 behold ye Arka Moritune 



140. ADNY • AN artukaku arka artugogo Arka 

 OADE ■ LAD moritune zaratu Moritune zarratu 

 OAL ma rasa mai eritsa 



hold memory Arka Moritune^ the written tablet honours 



151. OIPINI • OEPimAL 



ma uta ukau monetaume rasa 



mai aita uga hau Moneta hume eritza 



table (in which) father, mother his Moneta's child esteems 



In this inscription eritza should be eritzate if aita uga are the 

 subjects, but eritza is correct if the child of Moneta is the honourer 

 of his parents. 



84. OANAVKALNEI 



LADISAL CEYEM/IVIA 



marakara piucliirasa kanio 



zaratu uno rasa chinekuneno bapiura 



maragarri Behatzeritsa ganio 



zarratu hune eritsa Agingune no babe aurre 



memorial Behatzeritsa concerns 



writing this honours Agingune of grandfather^^^ 



As this inscription occurs among those of the Agingune family of 

 Senese, the C of the second line should be F. The only word calling 

 for explanation is that translated grandfather. It is babe aurie, con- 

 so 141 is altered to suit Fabretti's reading, wliether right or wrong. 



96(1 In Fabretti the K of the upper line is read Y, and the C of the lower F, as I ha\'e sug- 

 gested. The name is thus Bekurasa. If Fabretti be right in reading the V of the lower line 

 as L, weJiave basa ura^fetcho aiir, darling child, instead of habe aurre. 



