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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.45607#0077
Subhiyeh — Sabhah
79
28-31 cm. The upper part of the face is fairly well finished, the
lower part is only half finished. Horizontal incised lines cross the
face, one above the inscription, the other between the third and
the fourth lines. Height of letters 8 cm.
ΘίΟΦίλος Αβι[β]ου.
Αβιβος, Arabic Habib, i.e. ‘friend’, was a common name in
Syria. It here serves as a short form of ‘friend of God’, so that,
in accord with the fashion noted on no. 109, the son’s name was
a translation of the father’s.
laser. 113. Scale I : io.
SABHAH.
114. Milestone. Found lying in the basement of a house south of the tower
in the southern part of the town. Height 47 cm.; circum-
ference 45 cm. The stone has been used as a roof-roller
and is very much worn. Height of letters 31/,—5 cm.
D^ominis) niostris') Caesiaribus') Diocl^cyletiano et Ma-
The letters of the last line are well-nigh obliterated;
the name of the second Caesar is doubtless to be supplied.
The formula Dominis nostris Caesaribus for the usual Dominis
nostris or Imfieratoribus Caesaribzzs, is surprising, but seems fairly certain.
115. Block. On a stone now used as a voussoir in a room belonging· to a
building of late Christian, or perhaps of Mohammedan date. The apartment is entered
from the courtyard on which faces a Nabataean inscription (Div. iv, Nab. Inscr. no. 17).
Directly northeast of this inscription is the voussoir. Length 51 cm.; height 32 cm.
Height of letters 3-6 cm.
Perhaps to be restored :
[ Αλεζξα]νό^ος καί ’Αλ[εξα/Λε]νσς εύχαρ[ιστρΰσι] Θεω <πι ivvo[w
ε’πλ]·<9υν(ε)ν. ’Εν ε[τι ....
Alexander and Alexamenzzs return thanks to God
because in His benevolence He has cazised them to wax.
In the year
: ■ ' A·' A
||β| eWW
H Q v N ζ ρ ·
ximinano Aug(ustis') et Constanti\o\ et \Ma\x\imi\a\no\
■. 11Λ. Scale 1:10.
Inscr. 115. Scale I : io.
79
28-31 cm. The upper part of the face is fairly well finished, the
lower part is only half finished. Horizontal incised lines cross the
face, one above the inscription, the other between the third and
the fourth lines. Height of letters 8 cm.
ΘίΟΦίλος Αβι[β]ου.
Αβιβος, Arabic Habib, i.e. ‘friend’, was a common name in
Syria. It here serves as a short form of ‘friend of God’, so that,
in accord with the fashion noted on no. 109, the son’s name was
a translation of the father’s.
laser. 113. Scale I : io.
SABHAH.
114. Milestone. Found lying in the basement of a house south of the tower
in the southern part of the town. Height 47 cm.; circum-
ference 45 cm. The stone has been used as a roof-roller
and is very much worn. Height of letters 31/,—5 cm.
D^ominis) niostris') Caesiaribus') Diocl^cyletiano et Ma-
The letters of the last line are well-nigh obliterated;
the name of the second Caesar is doubtless to be supplied.
The formula Dominis nostris Caesaribus for the usual Dominis
nostris or Imfieratoribus Caesaribzzs, is surprising, but seems fairly certain.
115. Block. On a stone now used as a voussoir in a room belonging· to a
building of late Christian, or perhaps of Mohammedan date. The apartment is entered
from the courtyard on which faces a Nabataean inscription (Div. iv, Nab. Inscr. no. 17).
Directly northeast of this inscription is the voussoir. Length 51 cm.; height 32 cm.
Height of letters 3-6 cm.
Perhaps to be restored :
[ Αλεζξα]νό^ος καί ’Αλ[εξα/Λε]νσς εύχαρ[ιστρΰσι] Θεω <πι ivvo[w
ε’πλ]·<9υν(ε)ν. ’Εν ε[τι ....
Alexander and Alexamenzzs return thanks to God
because in His benevolence He has cazised them to wax.
In the year
: ■ ' A·' A
||β| eWW
H Q v N ζ ρ ·
ximinano Aug(ustis') et Constanti\o\ et \Ma\x\imi\a\no\
■. 11Λ. Scale 1:10.
Inscr. 115. Scale I : io.