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we can only translate the inscription conjectural ly 

 by " Gaofuneme, a citizen of Perecle, made this 

 tomb for his wife and his children." 



No. 10. On a Sarcophagus-Tomb at Xanthus. 



ewuinu : prinafu : mute prinafatu : mereue : 

 kodalau : gitlati : tedeeme treya troaiie : pinataue : 

 ouatie : tirppe : prineze : unu. : gitafata : gerigeue 



This was copied by Sir C. Fellows. In the 

 above version we have placed the stops after 

 urppe, in place of the upright stroke in the 

 original. It presents so many points of differ- 

 ence from the usual phraseology of the short 

 inscriptions, that the following remarks are 

 offered with great diffidence. 



The name of the owner appears to be Mereue. 

 Between this and the word tedeeme we have two 

 genitives without any conjunction between them. 

 Of this no other instance has been observed. The 

 most probable explanation is, that the first is the 

 name of the father, the second of the grandfather, 

 and that we must translate it, Mereue the son 

 of Kodala the son of Gitla. 



In the second line we seem to have after the 

 word treya three gentile names, at least we have 

 three words with the same termination; of which 



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