1840.] from Bactrian and Indo- Scythian coins. 353 



the drawings of Mr. Masson represent this wise the name 

 ■pnl^hno 1 . But as the k in this very name Eukratides, was 

 entirely misunderstood formerly, I may be allowed to pro- 

 ceed a little more cautiously. I shall therefore place the dif- 

 ferent characters, yet preserved, of four edited coins, one un- 

 der the other As. J. Vol. iv PL xxv. No. 8 has n+l^ri'r 

 » » n » " a Ttl7cr3 



„ „ „ io „ *nm9 

 R. R. I. „ „ „ 7 „ *viin*r. 



The last half consequently is tido, three characters only pre- 

 cede it. The third among them is decidedly not r. Two legends 

 exhibit the k, already known to us, one gives the k (Oi for %) and 

 a fourth decides nothing, as the legend is evidently spoiled. R is 

 therefore omitted, as in MinadS for Menandros. 



If therefore* — katido is to be read, Mr. Prinsep is quite 

 right in stating, that two symbols precede k, but I do not know 

 in this case, how he obtains his r. Mr. Grotefend proceeded 

 carefully by adopting one character only for ev in order to get 

 k r. He must therefore take k for r, the 3 for k, and V for a 

 simple vowel, while the initial letter, according to him, repre- 

 sents u. Thus is it in his alphabet, but I hope, I have convin- 

 ced him of his mistake. 



In interpreting the two first characters, I shall not begin by 

 inquiring, in what manner the diphthong ev, foreign to those lan- 

 guages, might have been expressed ; as to its being foreign, I think, 

 it is already inferentially proved in the previous remarks. As 

 v is rendered by i, I shall adopt 3 or i as i, viz. as the sign of 

 this vowel, when commencing a syllable. Though this is not 

 here the case, yet there was no other expedient in the system of 



* Mr. James Prinsep's last reading of this name was as follows : — 

 Eukratidasa T^IHT viz. 

 Te 

 1 u 

 1 kr 

 1 ti 

 Id 



*P ■ 

 Eukratidasa, See Journal for July, 1838. — H. T. P. 



