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Division III Section A Part 2
63. Two fragments found in the debris outside the north wall. Height of frg. a
26 cm., of frg. B 20 cm.; width cm. Height of letters 4 cm.
64. Found outside the south wall, now in the northwest angle of the large east
room. Height 18 cm.; width 8 cm. Height of letters i1/»— 2 cm.
65. Found in the debris in the northwest angle of the large east room. Height
27 cm.; width 27 cm. Height of letters β1/, cm.
66. Found in the northwest angle of the large east room. Height 81/3cm.·,
width i51/3 cm. Height of letters 3—^/s cm.
67. Found in the same angle of the same room. Height 6y3 cm., width 19 cm.
Height of letters 3^ cm.
68. Found in the same angle of the same room. Height 24 cm.; width 7 cm.
Height of letters 3—37» cm·
Fragments 5, 9-12, 16-19, 26, 33, 34, 46, 48, 49, 58 were copied by Professor
Littmann in 1905, fragments 8, 15, 21, 24, 29-31, 35, 36, 39 by Mr. Butler in
1905, and fragments 1-4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 37, 38, 40-45,
47, 50-57, 59-68 by Mr. Magie in 1909.
Fragments 1—7. The beginning of the edict has been reconstructed by means
of the combination of frgs. 1, 2 and 3 with the extant portions of the edict of Bosra
(Wad. 1906), which, as far as preserved, is a duplicate of the edict of Koser il-Hallabat.
The content of either replica is rendered intelligible only by combination with the frag-
ments of the other. The connection of the group 4-6 with the preceding context is
shown by one of the fragments of the edict of Imtan (Wad. 2033, frg. «), which also
contains the beginning of the edict, and in the last line of which the letters ΤΟΠΟ N K AI
(ICAI, Wad.) occur, as in frg. 4.
A complete reconstruction of this context appears to us to be hopeless. Some
assistance, however, may be obtained from the fragments from Imtan (Wad. 2033,
frgs. b, c, db). As is shown by our frgs. 5 and 6, Waddington’s frgs. b and c are to
be combined thus :
c. b.
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Λ ΕΙθΑίΚΑίΙΚαστο vAYTUJNCni
ΙΝΟ(Ν)6ΝΟΝΔΟΜ6στικονΚΑΐΤω AYTWCP
YAOMECTIKOYXe tAttcntgxpy
G N T GTΟ Y X PYCIΟYλ t τρωN TTPOCTI(M)0N
N ΤΓΟ CO TH T ΑΤΟ) Ν<ί p ακ (JU N APIUUNK AT
thnAnAtkhng · ■ -oYCHCA^IOTTIC
A comparison of this combination of fragments with the beginning of the edict,
as we have reconstructed it, shows that the number of letters in the lines of the Imtan
replica ranged from approximately 205 to 260, with an average of 230—250. This
method of computation, rough though it must be, suffices to determine the positions
of 1. 3 of Waddington’s frg. d, and 1. 3 of his frgs. b-c, as we have inserted them
in the transliteration given below. We are inclined to believe that 1. 1 of frg. 7
preserves a few letters of 1. 4 of Wad. frgs. b—c. At all events, frg. 7 is certainly
to placed in this portion of the edict. The letters are slightly larger than those at
Division III Section A Part 2
63. Two fragments found in the debris outside the north wall. Height of frg. a
26 cm., of frg. B 20 cm.; width cm. Height of letters 4 cm.
64. Found outside the south wall, now in the northwest angle of the large east
room. Height 18 cm.; width 8 cm. Height of letters i1/»— 2 cm.
65. Found in the debris in the northwest angle of the large east room. Height
27 cm.; width 27 cm. Height of letters β1/, cm.
66. Found in the northwest angle of the large east room. Height 81/3cm.·,
width i51/3 cm. Height of letters 3—^/s cm.
67. Found in the same angle of the same room. Height 6y3 cm., width 19 cm.
Height of letters 3^ cm.
68. Found in the same angle of the same room. Height 24 cm.; width 7 cm.
Height of letters 3—37» cm·
Fragments 5, 9-12, 16-19, 26, 33, 34, 46, 48, 49, 58 were copied by Professor
Littmann in 1905, fragments 8, 15, 21, 24, 29-31, 35, 36, 39 by Mr. Butler in
1905, and fragments 1-4, 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32, 37, 38, 40-45,
47, 50-57, 59-68 by Mr. Magie in 1909.
Fragments 1—7. The beginning of the edict has been reconstructed by means
of the combination of frgs. 1, 2 and 3 with the extant portions of the edict of Bosra
(Wad. 1906), which, as far as preserved, is a duplicate of the edict of Koser il-Hallabat.
The content of either replica is rendered intelligible only by combination with the frag-
ments of the other. The connection of the group 4-6 with the preceding context is
shown by one of the fragments of the edict of Imtan (Wad. 2033, frg. «), which also
contains the beginning of the edict, and in the last line of which the letters ΤΟΠΟ N K AI
(ICAI, Wad.) occur, as in frg. 4.
A complete reconstruction of this context appears to us to be hopeless. Some
assistance, however, may be obtained from the fragments from Imtan (Wad. 2033,
frgs. b, c, db). As is shown by our frgs. 5 and 6, Waddington’s frgs. b and c are to
be combined thus :
c. b.
ioykAicoybck
Λ ΕΙθΑίΚΑίΙΚαστο vAYTUJNCni
ΙΝΟ(Ν)6ΝΟΝΔΟΜ6στικονΚΑΐΤω AYTWCP
YAOMECTIKOYXe tAttcntgxpy
G N T GTΟ Y X PYCIΟYλ t τρωN TTPOCTI(M)0N
N ΤΓΟ CO TH T ΑΤΟ) Ν<ί p ακ (JU N APIUUNK AT
thnAnAtkhng · ■ -oYCHCA^IOTTIC
A comparison of this combination of fragments with the beginning of the edict,
as we have reconstructed it, shows that the number of letters in the lines of the Imtan
replica ranged from approximately 205 to 260, with an average of 230—250. This
method of computation, rough though it must be, suffices to determine the positions
of 1. 3 of Waddington’s frg. d, and 1. 3 of his frgs. b-c, as we have inserted them
in the transliteration given below. We are inclined to believe that 1. 1 of frg. 7
preserves a few letters of 1. 4 of Wad. frgs. b—c. At all events, frg. 7 is certainly
to placed in this portion of the edict. The letters are slightly larger than those at