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The Ancient Hebrew Harp.

Sir,—In Kitto's Biblical Cyclopædia, vol. 2. p. 373, wefind the following coin, onwhich is engraved an ancientharp surrounded by the letters,Fllth Chtr Phl, whichmay be construed thus:—

After referring the readersof "Current Notes" to the"London Encyclopædia," wordFalasha, and Prichard's PhysicalHistory of Mankind, vol. 1, "On the Races ofPeople in the Interior of Africa," let us have recourse toEtymology for a further elucidation of this singular coin,and the Semi-Jewish tribe whose name it bears.

Felatah.—Hebrew פלט phalat, which by comparisonwith its cognates signifies, to separate from, retire into,(another country); and with its affix פלטה phalatah,or Felatah, signifying evasio, liberatio, residuum, &c.

Cithara.—Greek κιθαρα. Hebrew and Chaldee חטרchatar, a stick, (plectrum), to beat with a stick; thereforethe instrument cannot be the עשׂוֹר asor, decachordon;but properly, I think, the harp or lyre that wasbeaten with the plectrum.

Pul.—Hebrew פול phul, or Pul, (Isaiah lxvi. 19.)"Africa, ea pars quæ apud Fesam."

Such is the value of rightly interpreting the ancientcoins of various nations.

Southwick, Oundle, March 27th, 1852.

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