ON LYCIAN INSCRIPTIONS. 215 



estimated by the harmony of the result which 

 he produces. 



The Greek funereal inscriptions, which abound 

 in Lycia, frequently give an indirect assistance to- 

 wards understanding those in the earlier language. 

 They run in certain set phrases, which we naturally 

 look for, and frequently find, in the Lycian inscrip- 

 tions. The change of language in Lycia appears 

 to have been gradual, and the alteration in man- 

 ners to have been equally slow. 



Before entering upon the inscriptions, it will 

 be necessary to say a few words on the alphabet, 

 as both corrections and additions must be made 

 to the details which have already been laid before 

 the public. 



In his memoir on the Lycian inscriptions, 

 inserted in the fourth volume of the " Zeit- 

 schrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes," Pro- 

 fessor Grotefend proposes a reading for the 

 Lycian vowels widely differing from that which 

 the author had adopted, and in which, with 

 the exception of one alteration, he cannot 

 agree. The learned professor has been misled 

 by the bilingual inscription from Antiphellus, 

 which is incomplete in our copies. Not observ- 

 ing that it wants the end of each of the first 



