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 month (Olus) corresponds with two of which the reading is doubtful,—[a trace of ?] (Lato), and  (Cnossus). This last was certainly not. As to dialect, we have the dat. —whereas had been noted by Böckh as the constant Cretan form:  as 3rd plur. imperative of :, with subjunct., as = , "until": genitive = :  = :  in compos. : for  (in sense of ). So in the former inscription we find =. In v. 19 there is a difficulty. The passage runs thus:— [the Athenian governor of Delos] [=]. M. Homolle thinks (and I agree with him) that after there is not room for the four letters  before. He says that there is room for two letters only.

Now I can suggest a restoration which gives the sense required, and which is satisfied by the insertion of just two letters, viz.:. I would read,, "on which they may have their resolutions recorded ." If the iota