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'Amman {Philadelphia}.
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languages of Syria a. often changed in the direction of o; cf. my Semitic Inscriptions,
(New York 1904), p. 50. The e in the second syllable would indicate that the vowal
i was, in local pronunciation -— as often in Semitic — volatilized to a short indifferent
έ, the Hebrew shewa.
The reading of the word Saluti in 1. 1 was suggested by M. Cagnat and P.
Jalabert: it is very plausible and fills the lacuna very well. In 1. 4 these two scholars
read Heraclitus; but my copy rather points to Herculeus, the reading given above.
The former publications of this inscription did not come to my notice until my manuscript
was finished.
The god Aesculapius-Asklepios was at a certain period identified with the Phoe-
nician god Eshmun, and the Egyptian Imhotep. The relation between Eshmun and
Asklepios has been very thoroughly discussed by Professor Graf Baudissin in his two
articles “Der phonizische Gott Esmun" in Z.D.M. G. Vol. LIX, pp. 459 sqq., and
ΛEsmiin-Asklepios" in Orientalische Studien (Noldeke-Festschrift), pp. 729 sqq.; cf. also
M. Dussaud’s review in Journal des Savants, 1907, pp. 36—47.
2.
Altar, (time of Antoninus Pius). On a broken altar, both pieces of which were
found in the courtyard of a Circassian house, near the house described under n°. 1.
A part of the base is below the ground and was not excavated. Maximum height of
upper fragment 30 cm., of lower fragment (above ground) 40 cm. Width of top and
of base 53 cm.; width of die 321/2cm. Height of letters in first line 51/» cm.; in the lower
lines 3—41/» cm. In 1. 5 the bottoms of the letters are not on the die, but on the
beveled moulding. — Copy of the author.
Briinnow, in Mitteil. u. Nadir, des Deutsch. Pal. Ver. 1896, p. 4. — Revue Biblique 1899, p. 20. —
C.I.L., laser. Orientis et Illyr., Ill Supple.ni., p. 2302.
To Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the Preserver, (this
altar was dedicated by) Lucius Aemilius Carus, Legatus
A ugusti Propaetore.
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Conservator! L(ucius) Ae-
milius Carus Leg(atus) Aug(usti) Propraetore.
ι/1/rm/inw»
Ill. 3. — Scale—I : io.
Jupiter Conservator is mentioned several times in
Latin inscriptions; he had a temple in Rome. The present
altar may have been brought down from the great temple
on the Akropolis, which is described by Mr. Butler in
Div. II, pp. 38. For that temple is most likely to have
been a temple of Zeus, as we shall see in n°. 4 below.
In that case also Aesculapius and his associate may
have found a place in the precinct of Jupiter. Moreover
it is sig-nificant that a relief of Jupiter Ammon was found at "Amman; see Div. II, Ill. 41.
The Imperial Legate L. Aemilius Carus is known from another inscription, C. I. L.,
VI, 1333. He was, at the time of Antonius Pius, Imperial Legate in Cappadocia, Gallia
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. I. 2
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languages of Syria a. often changed in the direction of o; cf. my Semitic Inscriptions,
(New York 1904), p. 50. The e in the second syllable would indicate that the vowal
i was, in local pronunciation -— as often in Semitic — volatilized to a short indifferent
έ, the Hebrew shewa.
The reading of the word Saluti in 1. 1 was suggested by M. Cagnat and P.
Jalabert: it is very plausible and fills the lacuna very well. In 1. 4 these two scholars
read Heraclitus; but my copy rather points to Herculeus, the reading given above.
The former publications of this inscription did not come to my notice until my manuscript
was finished.
The god Aesculapius-Asklepios was at a certain period identified with the Phoe-
nician god Eshmun, and the Egyptian Imhotep. The relation between Eshmun and
Asklepios has been very thoroughly discussed by Professor Graf Baudissin in his two
articles “Der phonizische Gott Esmun" in Z.D.M. G. Vol. LIX, pp. 459 sqq., and
ΛEsmiin-Asklepios" in Orientalische Studien (Noldeke-Festschrift), pp. 729 sqq.; cf. also
M. Dussaud’s review in Journal des Savants, 1907, pp. 36—47.
2.
Altar, (time of Antoninus Pius). On a broken altar, both pieces of which were
found in the courtyard of a Circassian house, near the house described under n°. 1.
A part of the base is below the ground and was not excavated. Maximum height of
upper fragment 30 cm., of lower fragment (above ground) 40 cm. Width of top and
of base 53 cm.; width of die 321/2cm. Height of letters in first line 51/» cm.; in the lower
lines 3—41/» cm. In 1. 5 the bottoms of the letters are not on the die, but on the
beveled moulding. — Copy of the author.
Briinnow, in Mitteil. u. Nadir, des Deutsch. Pal. Ver. 1896, p. 4. — Revue Biblique 1899, p. 20. —
C.I.L., laser. Orientis et Illyr., Ill Supple.ni., p. 2302.
To Jupiter Optimus Maximus, the Preserver, (this
altar was dedicated by) Lucius Aemilius Carus, Legatus
A ugusti Propaetore.
I(ovi) O(ptimo) M(aximo) Conservator! L(ucius) Ae-
milius Carus Leg(atus) Aug(usti) Propraetore.
ι/1/rm/inw»
Ill. 3. — Scale—I : io.
Jupiter Conservator is mentioned several times in
Latin inscriptions; he had a temple in Rome. The present
altar may have been brought down from the great temple
on the Akropolis, which is described by Mr. Butler in
Div. II, pp. 38. For that temple is most likely to have
been a temple of Zeus, as we shall see in n°. 4 below.
In that case also Aesculapius and his associate may
have found a place in the precinct of Jupiter. Moreover
it is sig-nificant that a relief of Jupiter Ammon was found at "Amman; see Div. II, Ill. 41.
The Imperial Legate L. Aemilius Carus is known from another inscription, C. I. L.,
VI, 1333. He was, at the time of Antonius Pius, Imperial Legate in Cappadocia, Gallia
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. I. 2
1 o R I L71EMI
LWCA/WEG
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