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people of Elataea had let out to the Orchome- R00M xv. 
nians. The treaty confirms the payment of the Antiquities. 
stipulated sums, and renews the treaty of pastu¬ 
rage for four years. 
No 178—198. Twenty-one fragments of Greek 
inscriptions, so imperfect as not to merit, and 
indeed scarcely to admit of particular descriptions. 
No. 199. The celebrated Sigean inscription, 
first published by Chishull in his <c Antiquitates 
Asiaticae,” and afterwards more correctly by 
Chandler in his “ Inscriptiones Antiquae.” It is 
written in the most ancient Greek characters, and 
in the bustrophedon manner, that is to say, the 
lines follow each other in the same direction as 
the ox passes from one furrow to another in 
ploughing. The purport of the inscription is to 
record the presentation of three vessels, namely, 
a cup, a saucer or stand, and a strainer, for the 
use of the Prytaneum, or hall of justice, of the 
Sigeans. The name of the donor was Phanodicus, 
the son of Hermocrates, and a native of Procon- 
nesus. 
No. 200. A Greek inscription, imperfect, en¬ 
graved in very ancient characters ; it seems to be 
an inventory of some treasures, probably those 
contained in the Parthenon, and which the Quaes¬ 
tors acknowledge to have received from their pre¬ 
decessors in the same office. The inscription not 
only fills one side of the marble, but also the right 
edge. 
No. 201. 
