262 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 



18. Lat.—C • ARRI • ARN • ARRIA ■ NAT 

 Etr.—APN • APNYNI • APPI 

 APNYNAL 



artuka artukakukau artu tuu 

 artukaku karasa 

 artuka Artukaku Kai artu dio 



Artukaku sortze , 



receptacle Artugogo Kai receive it him does 

 Artugogo 7iatus 



Here, I think, the playful fancy of the Etruscan scribe has dis- 

 ported itself in heaping np artu's. The only doubtful word is artuka, 

 literally, by holding, which I read receptacle, that which contains. 



22. F. H, No. 101. Lat.—Q • SCRIBONIVS • C • F 

 Mr.- FL • :}:ICV 



ag sa ich u chi pi 

 egi so Ichauspe 

 behold Ichauspe 



The exclamation or imperative would now read so egi. Ichauspe 

 is a very Basque looking word, but I do not know how it translates 

 Scribonius. To shut, enclose or hold, is ich, and lOY may be hitz 

 be, under word, or ospe, sound, fame, renown. The compound is not 

 in any Basque lexicon known to me. The Basque has lost its 

 original words denoting writing, and letters generally. 



Three other Scribonius inscriptions wei'e found in company with 

 the above, one in Latin and two in Etruscan. 



F. 3, No. 102. A • SCRIBON 



C • F 

 F. 3, No. 99. FL • tICV • VL • mVYVAL 

 F. 8, No. 100. FL • X^GY ■ FL • mVY 



egi so ichauspe pisa mipikupirasa 



egi so ichauspe egiso mipiku 



A comparison of the two latter leads me to regard Mipi, Mebe as 

 a local name, answering in a measure to Meva in Mevania. Thus I 

 read No. 99 : 



egi so Ichauspe Pisa Mebe jabe eritsa 

 behold Ichauspe: Pisa Mebe's lord esteems 



Pisa is a woman's name, and may be the widow of Ichauspe. I 

 read No. 100: 



egi so Ichauspe egi so Mebego 

 behold Ichauspe behold Mebe of 



