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led in oriental literature. From whence, without the 
lead: violence or torture, we may infer, that the word 
BOLOGASHI, BOLAGASI, or VOLOGESI, ex- 
hibited by the medal before me, theVOLOGESES 
of Tacitus ( 1 9), the BOTAOrAIXHX of Dio (20), 
and the BOAArAXHX of the Parthian coins, may 
be conlidered as one and the fame name. It mud 
alfo be obferved, that the Words VOLOGESUS and 
OVOAOFAIXOX fometimes occur, as mafculine pro- 
per names, in the antient (21) hidorians. But that 
thefe are not lo confonant to the true and genuine man- 
ner of writing and pronouncing fuch proper names, 
may be clearly evinced from the words (22) ARSA- 
CES, TIRIDATES, MITHRIDATES, MNAS- 
KIRES, PFIRAHATES, ORODES, GOTARZES, 
and others of the fame kind, that might, with equal 
facility, be produced. 
6. As the two Roman Palmyrene infcriptiong, 
and that copied by Sig. Pietro della Valle at Teibe, 
if any regard be due to the preceding remarks, con- 
tribute not a little to the illudration of my coin 5 fo 
this, in its turn, fecms, in fome meafure at lead, to 
fupport the authority of thofe infcriptions. For as 
feveral of the charaders they all exhibit are extremely 
fimilar, or rather apparently the fame ; fromVhence 
we may colled:, that the latter, as well as the for- 
mer, of them are genuine and valuable remains of 
antiquity, and have hitherto been defervedly edecm- 
cd as fuch by the learned. Nay from thence it will 
(21) Tacit. Hiji. Lib. iv. c. 5. Dio, Lib. lxiii. p. 719. 
(22) J. Foy Vail.', in Arfacid. Imper, paff. 
(19) Tacit. Annul. Lib. xii. p. 338. Parifiis, 1684. 
(20) Dio, Lib. lir. p. 545. 
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