1862.] On some Bactro-Buddhist Belies from Bdwal Findi. 183 
here. I feel that my reading does some violence to two or three letters 
by assuming misscripts and mislections, but as it abides strictly by a 
language and a grammar, I trust it will be deemed preferable to any 
attempt at decypherment on my part which for the sake of a fancied 
fidelity to a few letters—and those of forms so dubious that they may 
be mistaken for several others and engraved at a time when the art 
of engraving was in its most primitive state,—would cast overboard 
all considerations of the laws of language. 
The plate annexed to this paper, has impressions of six ancient 
gems now in the possession of Mr. E. C. Bayley, and of a Cufic seal 
in the cabinet of the Society. The gems were subjected to the exami¬ 
nation of the learned scholar I)r. Martin Haug of Poonah, whose 
readings of the legends of live of them are here annexed. 
“ Fig. 1 represents the head of a Itoman, the inscription in Sassa- 
u nian Pehlevi can he read only as Calmilos. He was very likely in 
“ the service of one of the Sassanian kings, for we find in the British 
11 Museum a Daric, with the Greek inscription Pythagoras. 
(t Fig. 2 Sassanian Pehlevi Shahipuhri Mazd (ayasn) i. e. Shahpoor 
“ the Zoroastrian. 
“ Fig. 3 represented a cypress ; the inscription is in Hebrew cha- 
tc meter, the language late Hebrew approaching Chaldaic, Ab Habharoth 
11 Hab baruth, the name means owner of a Cypress UN? ab means father, 
<l owner, and TH,! Baroth is the Chaldaic form for Barosh cypress : il 
u ha before Baroth is the Hebrew article, not admissible in Chaldaic. 
“ As to the name, compare the name of the celebrated Babylonian 
“ historian Berosus. 
“ Fig. 4 contains very likely inscriptions in two languages, or, bet- 
tl ter, is the two dialects of Sassanian Pehlevi known from inscriptions. 
“ The upper inscription is in a kind of Hebrew character (used by the 
" Sassanians) and contains evidently the name Damask. The inscrip- 
u tion below hears some resemblance to old Armenian characters, but 
“ I cannot yet read them with certainty. 
“ Fig. 5 Sassanian Pehlevi inscription Baba i. e. Ktesiphon (occur- 
*‘ing often in coins).” 
Fig. 6 has not yet been read. 
The Cufic seal (Fig. 7) was purchased from one Chanda Mull of 
Peshawar, a coin-dealer. Xts substance is jet well polished, and the 
letters most beautifully engraved. The legend records the name of 
Isamel, son of Hamad. 2 b 
