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Butler, Howard Crosby; Princeton University [Editor]
Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 3, Sect. A ; 1) — 1907

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III. A. i. Ammonitis.

Lugdunensis and Arabia: he was also Curator Viae Flaminiae, and held several
other offices.
The letter A, as it is found here, without the cross-bar is quite common in Latin
inscriptions of this region, especially at Bosra.

3-



Hierapolis mentioned in this inscription

man from Hierapolis (rests here). He
years.

D(is) M(anibus) T(iberius) Claudius Ant[on]inus
milfes Lejg(ionis) III Cyr(enaicae) do[mo Hijerap(oli)
mil(itavit) ann(is) XVII.

(Dedicated,) to the dii manes. — Tiberius
Claudius Antoninus, a soldier of the 3rd Cyrena'ic
legion, a
served 17

found in a field north of the main street crossing the town
its western end. This monument had just been excavated
Total height 152 cm.; width 68 cm. The
The inscribed space inside
The
stele is 39 cm. thick. Height of letters in the
first line 3 cm.; in the lower lines 41/2—5 cm.
— Copy and squeeze by the author.

Stele. On a stele,
from east to west, near
by the natives, when it was shown to me.
ornament at the top and the dove-tail placque are in relief.
the placque is flush with the main part of the stele; it measures 44X 451/2cm.

The
is probably the Syrian town of this name, north-
east of Beroea-Halab (Aleppo). The original name
of this town is Mabbog or Mambog (in Assyrian
inscriptions PapS.hu), which is expressed in Greek
by the form Βομβνκη. The modern name is Bum-
budj or Membidj. Hierapolitanus would then be
synonymous with Μανβωγαϊος (cf. Clermont-Ganneau,
Rec. d'Arch. Or., vol. IV, p. 108) or βονβσγ/ος (cf.
Prentice, Greek and Latin Inscriptions, P. A. A. E.
Part. Ill, n°. 179).

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Temple (of Zeus?) 161 —169. On three frag-
ments of the architrave of the temple on the
Akropolis, a description of which is given in Div. II,
pp. 38—42. Fragments A and C are partly beloAV
the surface and by excavating one end of each
of them a few more letters may be gained. The
inscription is very badly weathered; the soft limestone on which it is carved seems to have
disintegrated here more than usually. Fragment A is at the top 126 cm. long, C about
 
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