Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3 · Royal Society
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_I Senex Sculpsit_] _N_ 2. In these Lines the places are prickt where the Letters were defaced and not Perceptible. Mr. _F._ _N_ 3. This is the (_Arabick_) _Persian_ Character engraven at _Persepolis_ not above 500. years since, and is little different from the Writing us'd at this day. Mr. _F._ _N_ 4. These two Lines were writ entire on _Rustram_'s Horse. Mr. _F._ _N_ 5. This Character, whether it be the Ancient Writing of the _Gaures_ or _Gabrees_, or a kind of _Telesmes_, is found only at _Persepolis_, being a part of what is there engraven in white Marble, and is by no Man in _Persia_ legible or understood at this Day. A Learned Jesuit Father, who deceased Three Years since, affirmed this Character to be known and used in _Ægypt_. Mr. _F._ It seems written from the Left Hand to the Right, and to consist of Pyramids, diversly posited, but not joined together. As to the Quantity of the Inscriptions, _Herbert_ reckon'd in one large Table Twenty Lines of a Prodigious Breadth. Of this sort here are distinct Papers each of several Lines. _N_ 6. This Character is likewise Engraved at _Persepolis_, of the like Antiquity with the former. It has some Affinity with the _Syriack_ and _Arabick_, and has been pretended to be understood by some of the _Padrees_. Mr. _F._
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