ISO ISLAND OF PAROS. 
CI n. P * the wall : " DIONYSIUS, SON OF EUSCHEMON, 
FAREWELL:" 
Two forms of the Sigma are observable in this 
inscription. That the C and Z were used pro- 
miscuously in very antient times, has been fre- 
quently shewn. The C was of the highest 
antiquity, and certainly in use prior to the sera 
of the first Punic War 1 . The C appears on 
coins and marbles of very antient date 8 . Some- 
what farther on, in another street, we found 
an inscription relating to "A DAUGHTER OF 
AGATHEMERIS :" 
ZOJCAPI N|..OnA---A-r 
OYTATHPAe 
ATAOHMGPIAOC 
It is impossible to assign any date to these 
inscriptions; in which not less than three dif- 
ferent forms of a single letter may be observed : 
but this want of uniformity is no proof of the 
age of the writing. 
(1) Torremuzza Inscript. cli Palermo, p. 237. 
(2) See Paciandi's Observations on Medals, bearing the legend 
CAEIHN and OPOilCIEfiN. Mm. Pell. 34. 
