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tirely to be relied on, as in the latter part of 

 this line we have combinations of letters which 

 are very unusual. 



No. 4. Fragment of Bilingual Inscription at Tlos. 



The copy of this inscription is too imperfect 

 to have any value ; the middle part is entirely 

 lost, and we have only the commencement of 

 the Lycian and the end of the Greek portion, 

 so that we have nothing common to the two. 

 The Lycian must be read ewtiinu itatu mute 

 prinqfatii, this tomb which made ; the name can- 

 not be made out. The Greek probably ends with 



eavrw Kai Trj yvvaiKi Kai tolq TtKvoig avrov. We may 



hope that some future traveller will make a more 

 perfect copy, as every scrap of the language 

 which is accompanied by a literal translation is 

 of value. 



These four are the only true bilingual inscrip- 

 tions yet brought from Lycia; there are among 

 the other inscriptions several in which either 

 Greek or Latin is found on the same tomb with 

 Lycian, but the two portions have no reference 

 to one another. The Greek or Roman inhabit- 

 ants appear to have made use of the ancient 



