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TO THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS. 
observed, that Spartocus is the name of this CI ™ P ‘ 
king, and not SIIAPTAKOS, as written by ' — ' 
Diodorus. 
The second was also upon the pedestal of a 
statue of Verms at Taman. We copied the same 
inscription; but it was not inserted in the 
first edition of this work : 
APIXTIflNAPIX 
TO<t>ftNTOXA<l>POAITH I 
This, and the two subsequent inscriptions, tend 
to shew that Venus was held in great veneration 
m the Bosporian territory. 
A third was found upon the pedestal of 
another statue of Venus at Taman : 
ANEOHKEBAXIAEYONTOXXnAPTOKOYTOYEYMHAOY 
A fourth was observed in the garden of the 
church at Taman : 
AEYXXAYPOMA 
APXIEPEYITHNXEP ... A 
riEPINAlOYXZTOA . . . X1M 
OHPIMENAXEKOE . . . IONAIETEIPAX . . . 
AElTHIAnATOYPIAAlKAOEIEPIlXET. 
TOYEfllTHNIEPilN . ENTfl B 
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