ATHENS. 367 
Marathon" who is mentioned as Priest ; but it CHAP. 
. . - vi. 
is in a very imperfect state : 
MO2OEAIEQMIIlKAI2....miKAISAPI2TPA TNTO2..FIT 
TA2nAMMENOT2TOT:rHNnN02MAPA0nNIOTIEPEn2EAS 
MHZKAI2EBAZTOr2nTHPO2EFAKPOnOAEIEITIIEPEIA2A0tf 
FOAIAAO2MEri2TH2TH2A2KAHFIAAOTAAAIEI120TrAT . . 
Afterwards, Lusieri shewed to us an inscribed 
marble which he had been ordered to send to 
England, with the spoils of the Parthenon; but 
as the author does not know whether it met 
with the fate of a large portion of the sculpture 
in Cerigo Bay, or ultimately reached its destina- 
tion, he will subjoin the copy he made of this 
Inscription upon the spot, because it is one of 
the most antient that have been found in Greece 1 . 
It is written in what are called Cadmtean letters ; 
recording the names of certain Athenians and 
their tribes. The double vowels were not in 
general use before the Archonship of Euclid in 
the ninety-fourth Olympiad. Instead of H we 
have here X as in TIMOXENO. The 
forms also of the Gamma, Lambda, and Sigma, 
are most antient; they are thus written, N, U, 
and ^. The H is used for the aspirate, as in 
HIPOGONTIAO^. In other respects, as it 
(t) Tliis marble is now in England. 
