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CONTENTS

OF

TWENTY-THIRD VOLUME,

FIRST HALF.

Page

THE PAHLAVI TEXT OF YASNA IX. 49-103, EDITED WITH THE COLLATION

OF ALL THE MSS., ALSO DECIPHERED.-By Rev. LAWRENCE MILLS,

D.D., Professor in the University of Oxford

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THE TEXT OF AN ARCHAIC TABLET IN THE E. A. HOFFMAN COLLEC-

TION. BY ELLEN SETON STRONG, of New York...

INTERPRETATION OF THE ARCHAIC TABLET OF THE E. A. HOFFMAN COL-

LECTION. BY GEORGE A. BARTON, Professor in Bryn Mawr College,

Bryn Mawr, Pa..

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21

CREATOR GODS.-BY CRAWFORD H. TOY, Professor in Harvard Univer-

sity, Cambridge, Mass.

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REMARKS ON THE HEBREW TEXT OF BEN-SIRA.-BY CRAWFORD H. TOY,

Professor in Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

38

THE COLLECTION OF ORIENTAL ANTIQUITIES AT THE UNITED STATES

NATIONAL MUSEUM.-By Dr. I. M. CASANOWICZ, U. S. National

Museum, Washington, D. C.

44

THE NAME OF THE FERRYMAN IN THE DELUGE TABLETS.-By Mr. S. H.

LANGDON, Columbia University, New York City.

SPECIMENS OF THE POPULAR LITERATURE OF MODERN ABYSSINIA.-By

Dr. ENNO LITTMANN, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J.................... 51

NOTES ON THE OLD PERSIAN INSCRIPTIONS OF BEHISTUN.-By LOUIS H.

GRAY, Princeton University, Princeton, N. J..

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THE ÇARADA-TILAKA TANTRA.-By Dr. ARTHUR H. EWING, Allahabad,

India

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NOTE ON BṚHÁCCHANDAS, AV. ш. 12. 3.-By Dr. ARTHUR W. RYDER,

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.-

KRSNANATHA'S COMMENTARY ON THE BENGAL RECENSION OF THE

ÇAKUNTALĀ.—By Dr. ARTHUR W. RYDER, Harvard University, Cam-

bridge, Mass.

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