¹ occurs in Kretschmer, P. and Locker, E., Rückläufiges Wörterbuch, 508Google Scholar, but this word is not recognised by Liddell and Scott, who give only ‘χρυσέμπαικτος,ον, inlaid with gold, BGU 781 iv 1 (i a. D.)’, a word also recorded by Kretschmer and Locker. In his copy of BGU A. S. Hunt underlined -κτος and wrote ‘= στος’ in the margin, but I am uncertain whether he regarded στος as the true reading of the papyrus or as a possible synonym. No other -παικτος compounds are known, and this would be more naturally derived from παίƷω than from ταίω.

² Since writing the above I have consulted Prof. G. W. H. Lampe, who has kindly filled some of the gaps in my knowledge. He points out that πίστεις, meaning ‘works of faith’, occurs in the LXX, Prov. xiv. 22, xv. 27, coupled with and that Procopius of Gaza, commenting on the former passage, speaks of (Patrol. Gracc. 87¹, 1365A); also that εύχή is very frequently used bythe Fathers with the meaning ‘prayer’, as in Origen's homily and that γνώμη too is common in patristic literature with a wide variety of senses—indeed, John of Damascus asserts that (Patrol. Graec. 94. 1045B). Prof. Lampe's impression of the epigram is that it is neither pagan nor fully Christian, but betrays either a ‘sub-Christian’ religious attitude or Jewish thought as expressed in Ecclesiasticus and other similar Jewish writings.