BONE AND SHELL ANTIQUITIES. 82 these objects have inscriptions, of which most of the characters are those found in the Cypriote language, and a few on the three largest of the rings appear to belong to the Phoenician language. But from the imperfect num- ber of the relics, no satisfactory… … that these eight rings of shell formed part of a necklace or breast ornament, to be worn by a priest or other public functionary, upon his breast, the smaller pieces overlapping the larger ones, like tiles, in a vertical row ; in which case the inscriptions perhaps run on in grammatical sequence…
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