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Breathe at the Dontaurios ; 



The Dontaurios breathe down upon ; 



Accuse the Dontaurii ; 



With boldest charms. 



Pater nam esto ; 



Magi ars secuta te, 



Justina quern 



Peperit Sarra. 



Dr. Siegfried seems to have been of opinion that the inscription 

 runs in verses ; for there is a note, alluded to above, to the effect, that 

 the form GESSAYIM would agree better with the metre. Eut beyond 

 this hint I find nothing further to clear up this subject. 



In conclusion, I have to add that, as far as my ability goes, I have 

 striven to reproduce what, to the best of my judgment, was Dr. Sieg- 

 fried's opinion. I believe that for the most part I have succeeded ; for 

 I had as a guide through the labyrinth of his stray notes and jottings, 

 the recollection of a conversation of four hours' length on the 26th of 

 December, 1862, when the deceased scholar explained to me his entire 

 views on this inscription. To have said what he would have said, had 

 he been spared, though in a manner very inferior to himself, is my sole 

 object. I cannot undertake to vouch for all his opinions. Both the 

 responsibility and the merit of them must remain with him. 



C. LOTTNEK. 



APPEI^DIX. 



The following are Dr. Siegfried's translations of the hymns Athar- 

 vaveda III., 23 ; and Atharvaveda YIIL, 6. I give them as I find them, 

 leaving untranslated what the deceased did not venture to translate, lest 

 by introducing conjectures of my own I should do injustice to him. 



Athaevaveda III., 23. 



JNCANTATION EOR PEOCTJRING MALE OFFSPEING. 



1. " Since thou hast become a cow (that has taken the bull), we will 

 destroy it from thee [?]. This same thing we put far away from thee 

 elsewhere. 



2. An embryo may come to thy womb, a male one, as an arrow into 

 the quiver. There he shall be reborn as a warrior, a son of ten months 

 of thee. 



3. Bear thou a male son. After him a male be born. Be thou a 

 mother of sons, of the born ones, whom thou bearest."^' 



4. ''As many good seeds as the bulls generate, with these obtain a 

 son. Thou here become a fruitful little cow. 



* Jamyas ; let, imperf. therefore rather : " mayest bear," L. 



