Butler, Howard Crosby; Princeton University [Hrsg.]: Syria: publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904 - 5 and 1909 (Div. 3, Sect. A ; 2) (1910)

9°

Division III Section A Part 2

Inscr. 149.
Scale 1 : 20.


149. Stele. Found in the same cemetery. Height 83 cm.; width
22—25 cm. The face is finished but uneven. Height of letters 5—9 cm.
Ροεος ετ(ών) /.

The name is a transcription of Ruaiy and a variant of 'Ρουαιος Wad.
2034, Ρααιος Wad. 2585; cf. M.S.M. p. 272, no. 94 = our no. 197, where
this same form occurs.


Inscr. 150.
Scale 1 : 20.

150. Stele. Found in the same cemetery. Height 64 cm.; width
32—38 cm. The face is rough, badly weathered, and covered with lichen.

Νοεκ[ο]ς Αυσου ε[τ](ών) ξζ.

The name of the son is doubtful, but is possibly to be explained as
Arabic Nzfaik.


Inscr. 151.
Scale 1 : 20.

151. Stele. Found in the same cemetery. Height i m.; width at
top 36 cm., at base 30 cm. The face is half finished. Height of letters
8-10 cm.
Ταβιαθτ? Αφού ετ(ών) ςζ.
Ταβιάθη, Arabic Thabyat, ‘gazelle’, (cf. Δορκάς) occurs in this form
in V.A.S. p. 158, no. 24; other variants are Ταβιθα, Acta Afiostol.'W., 36,
ΤαβειαΘη, KA.S. p. 160, no. 28, and Τοβαιάθη, Wad. 2155. Αφος, Arabic
Khair, occurs in Wad. 2511.

id-defyAneh.


152. Stele. Found on the top of a wall situated near the middle of
the town. Height 75 cm.; width at top 25 cm., at base 21 cm. The face is
half finished. Fleight of letters 6-10 cm.

Αβγαρος ε[τ]ώ(ν)

Inscr. 152.
Scale 1 : 20.

On the name cf. no. 112.