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1. Tamus,. or Tam, probably the tam of our 
infcription, admiral of a Perfian fleet, and governor 
of Ionia, was cut off by Pfammitichus, king of 
Egypt, together with his whole family, except his 
fon Gaus, about fourteen years before the commence- 
ment of the Cyprian war. 
2. Gaus, the fon of Tamus, or Tam, admiral to 
Cyrus, who was killed on the plains of Cunaxa, actu- 
ally commanded the Perfian fleet, and defeated that 
of* Euagoras, near Citium, in the beginning of 
that war. 
3. Part of the combined army of Perfians, Ama- 
thufians, Citieans, and Solians, was routed by Eua- 
goras, a little before the naval engagement. 
4. From what has been (88) intimated by Dio- 
dorus Siculus we may infer, that this aCtion cer- 
tainly happened at no great diftance from Citium * 
as the battle by fea was fought near that place, and 
as the fleet and army muft have aCted in concert,, 
both at the debarkation of the troops, and for fome 
time after that event. 
5. It muft therefore be allowed probable, that the 
two Amathufians mentioned in our inlcription, who 
feem to have been perfons of diftinCtion, were killed 
either in the aforefaid aftion, in the naval engage- 
ment that immediately followed, or in fome other, 
affair that happened much about the fame time. 
6. The monument recorded by our infcription was 
probably ereCfed by lome of Gaus s family, who 
might call themfeives the houfe of Tamus, his fa- 
ther, feveral inftances of fuch an appellation occurring 
(88j Diod. Sic. ubi fup. p. 459, 460. 
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