The trough which we brought from Al Gran is of the same stone as the former objects. It is 2 feet long by 11 inches wide and 4 inches high. It has an inscription containing a dedication to the God Sayan or Seiyin running all round it and finishing on one side of the top. In the top there is a depression sloping towards a spout, which is now broken off all but an inch. The depth of the depression is from one quarter to half an inch, and the channel in the spout runs down to three-quarters of an inch. Prof. Dr. D. H. Mueller has kindly translated this inscription, which appears to represent it as an altar. He thinks it must be for frankincense, but I think it must have been for some liquid. The inscription on the end opposite the spout is worn by marks of ropes being dragged against it. [Illustration: Sabaean Antiquities 1. The Seal of Yarsahal (front view). 2. Copper Seal with Sabota on it. 3. A Pottery Stamp (back view). 4. An Alabaster Lamp. 5. Alabaster Mace Head (?) 6. A Pottery Stamp (front view). 7. The Seal of Yarsahal (side view). 8. An Alabaster Lamp (bottom). 9. Fragment of a Himyaritic Inscription. ] We bought an object of fine alabaster in Aden. It was said to come from the Hadhramout. It seems like a seal or stamp and has a hollow round the back, with spouts in either of the short sides. It had been used as a lamp when we obtained it. There is a kind of handle or tube pierced through to the front, probably for suspension. In the same illustration are also part of an earthenware stamp and the seal of _Yarsahal, the younger of Shibahm_, with its golden setting, and a copper seal with _Sabota_ on it. IV [Illustration: Letters Distinguishable of an almost obliterated inscription near Haidi village, near Kalenzia, Sokotra, copied by Theodore Bent] [Illustration: Crosses at _Dihaiterere_ on the hill Ditrerre, a spur of Hamar, Sokotra. A perfect mass of crosses, the various shapes of which, on the rocks, were copied by Theodore Bent] [Illustration: Shape of a piece of wood from bone cave at Minesha, Ras Momi, Sokotra] [Illustration: Sokotra camel marks, collected by Theodore Bent, 1897] V _SOKOTERI AND MAURI WORDS COLLECTED BY THEODORE BENT IN THE ISLAND OF SOKOTRA, HE ASKING THE QUESTIONS IN ARABIC_ _The transliteration of the second, fourth, and fifth columns is according to the system of the Royal Geographical Society._