TRANSACTIONS

OF THE

Royal Society of Literature

OF

THE UNITED KINGDOM.

SECOND SERIES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

M.DCCC.XLVII.

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

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CONTENTS.

I. On a Greek Inscription lately found in the Island of

Corfu. By WILLIAM MARTIN LEAKE, Esq.

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II. On some Greek Inscriptions from Delphi : communi-

cated in a Letter from Sir Gardner Wilkinson to

W. R. Hamilton, Esq. By W. M. LEAKE, Esq.

III.-Tabulæ Eugubinæ. By JAMES MILLINGEN, Esq.

IV. The Inscribed Stele at Xanthus : Letter from W. M.

LEAKE, Esq., to the Secretary

V.-On a Passage in the Memoirs of the Nuncio Rinuc-

cini: Letter from HENRY HALLAM, Esq., to the

Secretary.

VI. A Consideration of Wesseling's Objections to the

Opinion that the City named Cadytis by Herodotus

was Jerusalem. By HENRY HOLLAND, Esq.

VII. - Inedited Notices relating to some Early Writers on

the Compotus. By T. WRIGHT, Esq. .

VIII. On some Lacunæ in Thucydides, and the Means of

supplying them from satisfactory Sources. By

GEORGE BURGES, M. A.

IX.

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-An Excursus on the Topography of the Homeric

Ilium. By Dr. H. N. ULRICHS, Professor of Latin

Literature in the University of Athens: translated

by Patrick Colquhoun, LL.D. With a Map..

X. On the Origin of the Floral, Ornaments, the Ionic

Volute, and the Wave-Lire, of the Ancient Greeks.

By JOHN HOGG, Esq. With a Plate.

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XI.—On a Greek Inscription discovered at the Baths, and

on the Temple, of Segesta. By JOHN HOGG, Esq. 194

XII. Observations on the Hieroglyphical Inscription of

the Obelisk of the Atmeidan at Constantinople.

By SAMUEL BIRCH, Esq. With a Plate

XIII.-Greek Inscriptions from Thessaly and Epirus: Letter

from Mr. LYONS to Colonel LEAKE, with some

Notes by the latter

XIV. Remarks on Aulis, Mycalessus, and some Parts of

Euboea Extract from a Letter from Lieutenant

:

SPRATT, R.N., to Colonel LEAKE, with some

Notes by the latter

218

229

237

XV.-On the Budrúm Marbles. By W. R. HAMILTON, Esq. 251

XVI.—An Attempt to point out the Vases of Greece Proper

which belong to the Heroic and Homeric Ages.

By THOMAS BURGON, Esq. With a Plate .

258

XVII. On the Site of Memphis, and the Colossal Statue of

Metraheni. By J. BONOMI, Esq. With a Plate. 297

XVIII. On the God Amoun, and the Derivation of his

Name. By W. OSBURN, Esq., junior.

305

XIX. On the Budrúm Marbles in the British Museum.

By J. BONOMI, Esq.

308

XX. On the Persepolitan Inscriptions. By J. LAND-

SEER, Esq.

310

XXI.-On Accented Latin Inscriptions. By W. BROMET,

M.D. With a Plate

316

XXII. Observations on the Statistical Tablet of Karnak.

By SAMUEL BIRCH, Esq.

317