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cypress, doubtless indicates "close," and the like; hence the 

 group in question might equal "close«man," or "confidential- 

 man." These renderings, although purely conjectural, will 

 be appreciated by those who have a knowledge of the 

 hieroglyphical writings of ancient Egypt. 



On looking at the "Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum," ( 1? ) 

 I was at' once struck with the great resemblance which exists 

 between the arrangement of the Later Cypriote signs in 

 graffiti marked on two black-glazed vases (Nos. 1,952 and 

 1,954), and the arrangement of similar-shaped signs to be 

 found in words 14, 20, 53, and 60 on the Disk; the two 

 graffiti are figured in pi. xxii. of this paper. In these instances 

 the linear signs read from left to right, and must be trans- 

 literated, according to the details of Cypriote script forwarded 

 to me by Mr. Markides, as "NA-O-TE." No classical scholar 

 could fail to notice that this is like the Greek word vavrrjs 

 "sailor," or one cognate thereto. The last sign in the group 

 is the debased form of the "ship" hieroglyph. 



The chief drawback the present writer has had to suffer 

 from is the lack, in the Commonwealth, of books bearing on or 

 giving complete information on the phases of Cypriote 

 archaeology, and he has perforce had to make the best use he 

 could of the undermentioned works, all of which, with the 

 exception of di Cesnola' s, which is in some respects out of 

 date, are, of course, to be relied on in the main. Most of them 

 have already been referred to in the text: — 



(1) "Cyprus: its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples." 



di Cesnola, London, 1877. 



(2) A reference to Cypriote language in the article on 



"Alphabet," in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th 

 ed. (plate facing p. 729). 



(3) "Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities 



from Cyprus." J. L. Myres, Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art, New York, 1914. 



(4) "A Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum." J. L. 



Myres, Oxford, 1899. 



(5) "Formation of the Alphabet" (Petrie), British 



School of Archaeology in Egypt, Studies Series, 

 vol. iii., London, 1912. 



(6) "Scripta Minoa," vol. 1. A. J. Evans, Oxford, 



1909. 



(17) J. L. Myrea, Oxford, 1899, p. 90. The graffiti figured in 

 pis. xviii., xix., xx., and xxi. of my paper are also taken from the 

 page referred to. 



