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‘AMMAN {PHILADELPHIA).
I.
Altar. On an altar, lying in the courtyard of a Circassian house near the sei
‘Amman, i.e. the stream that flows through the town : it is on the north side of the
valley, in the neighborhood of the house of the mudzr, the Turkish local governor,
which is noticeable as being the largest house with red tiles. The stone was partly
below the ground and, therefore, had to be excavated. Total height 86 cm.; height
of die 27 cm. Width of die 47 cm.; width of base 55 cm. Thickness of die 37 cm.;
thickness of base 45 cm. Height of letters 4—41/» cm. — Copy of the author.
Savignac, in Revue Biblique, 1905, p. 93; Cagnat, in Αηηέε epigraphique, 1905, n°. 211; Jalabert, in
Melanges de la Faculte Orientate, Beyrouth 1906, p. 157.
Ill.
name of this friend
omitted
are not
S. The
a inter-
To [Sains] and Aesculapius, the most holy gods,
Terentius Herculeus, beneficiary of Claudius Capitolimes,
{vowed this altar) for the safety of the divine house
and of his prince.
.... Solvediemts fulfilled the vow.
[Salutji et Aesculfapijo sanctissimis [djeis Terentius
He[r]c[ule]us b(eneficiarius) Claudi Capitolini pro inco-
lumitate domus divinae et [princ]i[p]is sui.
.Solvedi[enu]s votum solvit.
The B in 1. 4 must be the abbreviation for bene-
ficiarius, as Dr. Klotz informed me. It is, therefore, to be
distinguished from the B or BB occurring frequently in
Greek inscriptions of the Hauran mountains and plain.
At the end of 1. 9 there is a short blank space,
indicating that a break in the inscription is intended.
The explanation seems to be that Terentius Herculeus
died, or was in some other way prevented from ful-
filling· his vow, and that a friend of his did it instead,
has disappeared, excepting the last letter of it, which
g be correct, we must assume that an 5 was
The first
seemed to me a V. If my readin
by mistake, on account of the following S. However, the traces of the letter
absolutely certain, and it may be that what I took to be a V is in reality an
second name Solvedienus stands for Salvidienus (Dr. Klotz). The vowels 0 and
change very frequently in Greek inscriptions from Syria, owing to the fact that in the Semitic
2. — Scale—1 : io.
I.
Altar. On an altar, lying in the courtyard of a Circassian house near the sei
‘Amman, i.e. the stream that flows through the town : it is on the north side of the
valley, in the neighborhood of the house of the mudzr, the Turkish local governor,
which is noticeable as being the largest house with red tiles. The stone was partly
below the ground and, therefore, had to be excavated. Total height 86 cm.; height
of die 27 cm. Width of die 47 cm.; width of base 55 cm. Thickness of die 37 cm.;
thickness of base 45 cm. Height of letters 4—41/» cm. — Copy of the author.
Savignac, in Revue Biblique, 1905, p. 93; Cagnat, in Αηηέε epigraphique, 1905, n°. 211; Jalabert, in
Melanges de la Faculte Orientate, Beyrouth 1906, p. 157.
Ill.
name of this friend
omitted
are not
S. The
a inter-
To [Sains] and Aesculapius, the most holy gods,
Terentius Herculeus, beneficiary of Claudius Capitolimes,
{vowed this altar) for the safety of the divine house
and of his prince.
.... Solvediemts fulfilled the vow.
[Salutji et Aesculfapijo sanctissimis [djeis Terentius
He[r]c[ule]us b(eneficiarius) Claudi Capitolini pro inco-
lumitate domus divinae et [princ]i[p]is sui.
.Solvedi[enu]s votum solvit.
The B in 1. 4 must be the abbreviation for bene-
ficiarius, as Dr. Klotz informed me. It is, therefore, to be
distinguished from the B or BB occurring frequently in
Greek inscriptions of the Hauran mountains and plain.
At the end of 1. 9 there is a short blank space,
indicating that a break in the inscription is intended.
The explanation seems to be that Terentius Herculeus
died, or was in some other way prevented from ful-
filling· his vow, and that a friend of his did it instead,
has disappeared, excepting the last letter of it, which
g be correct, we must assume that an 5 was
The first
seemed to me a V. If my readin
by mistake, on account of the following S. However, the traces of the letter
absolutely certain, and it may be that what I took to be a V is in reality an
second name Solvedienus stands for Salvidienus (Dr. Klotz). The vowels 0 and
change very frequently in Greek inscriptions from Syria, owing to the fact that in the Semitic
2. — Scale—1 : io.