June3] SOCIETYOF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY. [1890.
Theseanimalshadbecome the token or fetish of the sovereign
race. As the Bull representedthe Elephant, so was he represented
by the horned Stagor Goat, andon coins we find the Bull and Stag
or Bull and Goat replacingthe Bull andLion.
Besides Tarkon otherwords signifying Bulland Lion appear
as the kingly title.
If Tarkondemos is rightly transliterated as here given,then
we have the materials for transliteration and decipherment. If
however Tarkon forms one word and one sign as alleged, then
my plan fallsto the ground.
Tarkondemos is not in its origin a name, but the kingly or
dynastictitlelike Caesar.470