[ 9^ J 
H. 
Thefecorid of the two abovementioned (See Tar. 
TIL n, 8.) inlcriptions, which is the fixth of thofe pub- 
HlLed, in the place above refered to, by the Prince di 
Torremuzza, is compofed of feven letters. Of thefe 
the firft and fecond are undoubtedly Ain and Mem^ as 
we may certainly infer from a fimilar infeription, on 
the reverfes of other Punic coins, that have been (i8) 
heretofore explained. The third muft be as it 
fo (19) much refembles a form of the Greek Epfilon ; 
the antient figures of the fifth element in the Greek, 
Phoenician, and Samaritan alphabets having (20) 
been originally the fame. The fenfe of the inferip- 
• tion feems likewife abfolutely to require this. The 
fourth letter is apparently ilfew(2i), as will be al- 
lowed by every one in the lead acquainted with the 
ancient Siculo-Punic, and Siculo- Phoenician, cha- 
; rasters. The fifth is Hhetb^ or Heth, as we may 
(Collect from (22) other medals, fimilar to that on 
(18) Phllofoph. Tranfa^. Memoir, de Litterat. de V Acad, da 
Anfeript. & Bell. Lett. (Ac. D. Bern. Aldret. E. Vincen. Juan 
de Laftanos, Feller, ubi fup. 
(19) Sig. Haverc. de Lit. Grac. Dijfert. p. 248, 249 V'^id. 
.Syllog. Scriptor. qui de ling. Greec. redl. pronuntiat, (Ac. Lugduni 
Batavorum, 1736. 
(20) Vid. Hadr. Reland. D. Bern, de Montfauc. Don Luis 
Jol'eph Velazquez, Chifli. aliofque Scriptor. quam pluiim. 
(21) Phllofoph. Tranfa£l. Memoir, de Litterat, de V Acad, des 
Infcript. (A Bell. Lettr. (Ac. Aldret. Laftanof. Feller. Sec, ubi 
fup. 
(22) Philofoph. Tranfadl. Vol. LIV. Tab. xxiv. p. 408, 409. 
Tab. xi. n. i. p. 99, 40^. 
which 
