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SOUTHERN HAURAN
KOSER IL-HALLABAT
17. Fortress. 212 a.d. 1 and 529 a.d. On a lintel found in the main courtyard
of the fortress. The block lay in the debris to the left of the door which leads to
the row of apartments on the north side; cf. Div. II. a. 2, Ill. 55. Length of block
95 cm.; height 45 cm. Height of letters in lines 1-4, 41/3-51/3 cm.; in lines 5-7, 2-3 cm.
Copied by Professor Littmann in 1905; a squeeze of the stone was taken by the
Expedition of 1909.
Briinnow (after a hasty copy furnished by the Expedition of 1905) P.A. hi, p. 291.
PRO SA'LVTE DOMINI IMP.,
A VG ΝΜΆ V R E LI AN TO NI Ml PI
f E EM SARA O' A0lA-B>RTilCl
BKlTTAMIC'IMAXWlCASTEtEW.NpV
V A F.R S E V RI lire R P E R P/l-U R N1 J V LIA V M LEG
Inscr. 17. Scale i : io.
Pro salute domini imp(eratoris)
Aug(usti) n(ostri) M(arci) Aureli
Antonini Pii Felicis Arabici Adia-
b(enici) Parthici Brittanici Maximi
castellum novum aedificaverunt
mil(ites) c(o)hPortium) VI Hisp(a-
norum) I Thrac(um) V Afr(orum)
Sev(e)r(ianae) III Tr(acum)(?) per
Phurnium Iulianum leg(atum) Au-
g(usti) pr(o) pr'(aetore).
The name of Furnius Julianus occurs frequently on the milestones that have been
discovered between Petra and Bosra on the line of the great roadway; cf. C.I.L. hi,
p. 2304 ff.; Germer-Durand, Bull. Arch, du Com. des Travaux Hist, et Scient. 1904,
pp. 1-43; Briinnow-von Domaszewski, P.A. 11, pp. 221, 229-31; 312-323. From them
it appears that, as was ordinarily the case with the governors of Arabia, Furnius
was slated for the consulship during his term of service in the province. He is inva-
riably called cos. des. on the milestones of the year 213 as well as on those of 214.
We may fairly assume that Furnius was selected for the consulship early in the year
213. Therefore, the absence of the title cos. des. on the present inscription points to
1 The date 213 217 A.D., assigned tentatively to the fortress in Div. II. A. 2, p. 71, is to be corrected. Owing to
exigencies of publication, Mr. Butler’s discussion of the architectural monuments of the Southern Ilauran was printed before
°ur study of the inscriptions was completed.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. 2. 4
KOSER IL-HALLABAT
17. Fortress. 212 a.d. 1 and 529 a.d. On a lintel found in the main courtyard
of the fortress. The block lay in the debris to the left of the door which leads to
the row of apartments on the north side; cf. Div. II. a. 2, Ill. 55. Length of block
95 cm.; height 45 cm. Height of letters in lines 1-4, 41/3-51/3 cm.; in lines 5-7, 2-3 cm.
Copied by Professor Littmann in 1905; a squeeze of the stone was taken by the
Expedition of 1909.
Briinnow (after a hasty copy furnished by the Expedition of 1905) P.A. hi, p. 291.
PRO SA'LVTE DOMINI IMP.,
A VG ΝΜΆ V R E LI AN TO NI Ml PI
f E EM SARA O' A0lA-B>RTilCl
BKlTTAMIC'IMAXWlCASTEtEW.NpV
V A F.R S E V RI lire R P E R P/l-U R N1 J V LIA V M LEG
Inscr. 17. Scale i : io.
Pro salute domini imp(eratoris)
Aug(usti) n(ostri) M(arci) Aureli
Antonini Pii Felicis Arabici Adia-
b(enici) Parthici Brittanici Maximi
castellum novum aedificaverunt
mil(ites) c(o)hPortium) VI Hisp(a-
norum) I Thrac(um) V Afr(orum)
Sev(e)r(ianae) III Tr(acum)(?) per
Phurnium Iulianum leg(atum) Au-
g(usti) pr(o) pr'(aetore).
The name of Furnius Julianus occurs frequently on the milestones that have been
discovered between Petra and Bosra on the line of the great roadway; cf. C.I.L. hi,
p. 2304 ff.; Germer-Durand, Bull. Arch, du Com. des Travaux Hist, et Scient. 1904,
pp. 1-43; Briinnow-von Domaszewski, P.A. 11, pp. 221, 229-31; 312-323. From them
it appears that, as was ordinarily the case with the governors of Arabia, Furnius
was slated for the consulship during his term of service in the province. He is inva-
riably called cos. des. on the milestones of the year 213 as well as on those of 214.
We may fairly assume that Furnius was selected for the consulship early in the year
213. Therefore, the absence of the title cos. des. on the present inscription points to
1 The date 213 217 A.D., assigned tentatively to the fortress in Div. II. A. 2, p. 71, is to be corrected. Owing to
exigencies of publication, Mr. Butler’s discussion of the architectural monuments of the Southern Ilauran was printed before
°ur study of the inscriptions was completed.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. 2. 4