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Division III Section A Part 2
From the character of the letters, particularly of H in 1. 2, it is evident that this
fragment is not a portion of the edict. It seems to have been only a tomb-inscrip-
tion containing a couple of proper names. Κοίίουμος occurs in Am. J. of Phil, vi
(1885), p. 210, no. 48, and below in nos. 261, 267, 268.
KASR IL-BAcIK.
This border fortress is called il-BVik by the Druses, and this is the correct form.
In Bosra and among some of the Bedawin the name is pronounced il-Ba'ig; the ordinary
Bedawin pronunciation is il-Baidj.
21. Fortress. 411 a.d. On a lintel lying in the ruins between the inner and the
outer walls of the fortress, on the south side, near the south portal; cf. Div. II. A. 2,
Ill. 61. The block probably served as the lintel of a doorway in the inner wall.
Length 1.14 m.; height 36 cm. The inscription is in a frame 1.08 m. long and 29 cm.
high. Letters deeply cut. Height of letters 41/s—6τ/3 cm. (φ 8 cm.). Verified by Mr. Magie
in 1909.
Briinnow (after Littmann’s copy) P.A. hi, p. 296.
■fenfΦA■ ftΕΆΑ'Γ AMD.ΠΑ 1■ Pο U
K >vOWDKAiT Q, H W' IB-W
1 AT η μ A r.ic e μ ορλ-c r 6 Λ.ν A
ovfffv·' ■ Zi A |.
Inscr. 21. Scale I : io.
’Ent Φλ(αουιου) ΙΊίλαγ(ίου) ’Αντιπάτρου Κούκος έχτίσθη και έχρημάτισεν ό χχστελλος ετι τς-ζ
Δαάσσου ηκζ.
Under Flavius Pelagius Antipater, dux, the fortress was founded and received its
name in the year 306, on the 28th of Daisizis (June, 411 a.d.).
This inscription furnishes our first information as to a dzix Arabiae Pelagius Anti-
pater. He is also mentioned in an inscription from Umm idj-Djimal to be published
in Part 3, no. 237; cf. Briinnow, P.A. hi, p. 296.
Χρηρ,ατίζειν is here equivalent to nominari, a signification common in Hellenistic
Greek and in inscriptions. The fortress was given a specific name. This was the
ordinary practice, and such names are frequently mentioned in dedicatory inscriptions,
e.g. in C.I.L. hi 6733; vin 8426.
Δαάσσου we regard as an error for Δαισίου.
22. Lintel. On a lintel built into the west wall of the small courtyard in front
of the chapel. Length 1.50 m.; height 38 cm. The inscription is on a sunken plate
within a raised dovetailed frame. Length of frame (inside) 37 cm.; height iff cm
Height of letters Uf—ff cm.
Schumacher, Z.D.P.-V. xx (1897), p. 153.
Division III Section A Part 2
From the character of the letters, particularly of H in 1. 2, it is evident that this
fragment is not a portion of the edict. It seems to have been only a tomb-inscrip-
tion containing a couple of proper names. Κοίίουμος occurs in Am. J. of Phil, vi
(1885), p. 210, no. 48, and below in nos. 261, 267, 268.
KASR IL-BAcIK.
This border fortress is called il-BVik by the Druses, and this is the correct form.
In Bosra and among some of the Bedawin the name is pronounced il-Ba'ig; the ordinary
Bedawin pronunciation is il-Baidj.
21. Fortress. 411 a.d. On a lintel lying in the ruins between the inner and the
outer walls of the fortress, on the south side, near the south portal; cf. Div. II. A. 2,
Ill. 61. The block probably served as the lintel of a doorway in the inner wall.
Length 1.14 m.; height 36 cm. The inscription is in a frame 1.08 m. long and 29 cm.
high. Letters deeply cut. Height of letters 41/s—6τ/3 cm. (φ 8 cm.). Verified by Mr. Magie
in 1909.
Briinnow (after Littmann’s copy) P.A. hi, p. 296.
■fenfΦA■ ftΕΆΑ'Γ AMD.ΠΑ 1■ Pο U
K >vOWDKAiT Q, H W' IB-W
1 AT η μ A r.ic e μ ορλ-c r 6 Λ.ν A
ovfffv·' ■ Zi A |.
Inscr. 21. Scale I : io.
’Ent Φλ(αουιου) ΙΊίλαγ(ίου) ’Αντιπάτρου Κούκος έχτίσθη και έχρημάτισεν ό χχστελλος ετι τς-ζ
Δαάσσου ηκζ.
Under Flavius Pelagius Antipater, dux, the fortress was founded and received its
name in the year 306, on the 28th of Daisizis (June, 411 a.d.).
This inscription furnishes our first information as to a dzix Arabiae Pelagius Anti-
pater. He is also mentioned in an inscription from Umm idj-Djimal to be published
in Part 3, no. 237; cf. Briinnow, P.A. hi, p. 296.
Χρηρ,ατίζειν is here equivalent to nominari, a signification common in Hellenistic
Greek and in inscriptions. The fortress was given a specific name. This was the
ordinary practice, and such names are frequently mentioned in dedicatory inscriptions,
e.g. in C.I.L. hi 6733; vin 8426.
Δαάσσου we regard as an error for Δαισίου.
22. Lintel. On a lintel built into the west wall of the small courtyard in front
of the chapel. Length 1.50 m.; height 38 cm. The inscription is on a sunken plate
within a raised dovetailed frame. Length of frame (inside) 37 cm.; height iff cm
Height of letters Uf—ff cm.
Schumacher, Z.D.P.-V. xx (1897), p. 153.