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Division III Section A Part 3
preted the word in each case as ‘image’, referring it in the case of the well known
stele to the figure of the priest, represented at the left of the stone; in the shorter
inscription explaining it as alluding to ‘the image of a god’, unnamed, to whom a
votive offering is made.
Clermont-Ganneau, on the other hand, has advanced the theory that is the
name of a god, Sele-m or Salm, and would interpret the first inscription as comme-
morating aj votive offering made by a priest Selem-Shezeb to the god Selem, to whom
the second inscription would thus contain reference. As is frequently the case, the
priest Selem-Shezeb, would bear in his name the name of the god to whose service
he was consecrated; see Rev. Crit. xviii (1884), p. 442 k Our inscription would seem
to establish the correctness of Clermont-Ganneau’s theory. But, on the other hand,
Σολμος is perhaps akin to Σαλμος which appears in the name of the deity
Selamanes, Phoenician ; see R.A.O. vii (1906), p. 214, n. 4.
The ΣαοεΗ^ς of this inscription is probably the person of the same name who built
the tomb from which come nos. 279 f. The name also occurs in nos. 301 and 363;
the Arabic equivalent is Shared·, see also R.A.O. iv (1901), p. 162 and Lidzbarski,
Eph. 11, p. 85, 1. 19.
240. Altar. Found in the courtyard adjoining the north side of the so-called
“Church of Numerianus”; see no. 257. The altar forms part of the jamb of a doorway
at the southeastern corner of the courtyard. Height of the altar 48 cm. The first line
of the inscription is on two sides of the die; the second line extends over two sides
of the base, and ends on the third side. Height of die 8 cm.; width 19 cm. Height
of base 10 cm.; width 251/scm. Height of letters 51/2-6 cm.
Inscr. 240. Scale I : io.
Ραβιβηλος
ευκο&όμ,ησεν.
The name Ραβιβηλος, Arabic Rabib-'el, occurs in Wad. 2210. The Nabataean
form is also known; see Jaussen and Savignac, Mission Arch, en Arabie (Paris 1909),
Inscrs. Nab. nos. 34 and 84. The spelling εύκοό'όρ.ησεν is interesting as combining the
usual blunders in the orthography of the forms of οί’κοώψ,εω (e. g- έποδομηθη in no. 177
and εκοό'ώμζσεν in Wad. 2539) and such forms as ύκοό'ορ.ος in no. 159.
241. Altar. A fragment of an altar found lying on the ground in the courtyard
of a house to the east of the so-called “Barracks” (cf. no. 245). Nos. 373-375 were
found in the stairway of this house. Height of the fragment 51 cm.; width at the
top 33 cm. Height of the extant portion of the die 25 cm.; width of the die 24cm.
Division III Section A Part 3
preted the word in each case as ‘image’, referring it in the case of the well known
stele to the figure of the priest, represented at the left of the stone; in the shorter
inscription explaining it as alluding to ‘the image of a god’, unnamed, to whom a
votive offering is made.
Clermont-Ganneau, on the other hand, has advanced the theory that is the
name of a god, Sele-m or Salm, and would interpret the first inscription as comme-
morating aj votive offering made by a priest Selem-Shezeb to the god Selem, to whom
the second inscription would thus contain reference. As is frequently the case, the
priest Selem-Shezeb, would bear in his name the name of the god to whose service
he was consecrated; see Rev. Crit. xviii (1884), p. 442 k Our inscription would seem
to establish the correctness of Clermont-Ganneau’s theory. But, on the other hand,
Σολμος is perhaps akin to Σαλμος which appears in the name of the deity
Selamanes, Phoenician ; see R.A.O. vii (1906), p. 214, n. 4.
The ΣαοεΗ^ς of this inscription is probably the person of the same name who built
the tomb from which come nos. 279 f. The name also occurs in nos. 301 and 363;
the Arabic equivalent is Shared·, see also R.A.O. iv (1901), p. 162 and Lidzbarski,
Eph. 11, p. 85, 1. 19.
240. Altar. Found in the courtyard adjoining the north side of the so-called
“Church of Numerianus”; see no. 257. The altar forms part of the jamb of a doorway
at the southeastern corner of the courtyard. Height of the altar 48 cm. The first line
of the inscription is on two sides of the die; the second line extends over two sides
of the base, and ends on the third side. Height of die 8 cm.; width 19 cm. Height
of base 10 cm.; width 251/scm. Height of letters 51/2-6 cm.
Inscr. 240. Scale I : io.
Ραβιβηλος
ευκο&όμ,ησεν.
The name Ραβιβηλος, Arabic Rabib-'el, occurs in Wad. 2210. The Nabataean
form is also known; see Jaussen and Savignac, Mission Arch, en Arabie (Paris 1909),
Inscrs. Nab. nos. 34 and 84. The spelling εύκοό'όρ.ησεν is interesting as combining the
usual blunders in the orthography of the forms of οί’κοώψ,εω (e. g- έποδομηθη in no. 177
and εκοό'ώμζσεν in Wad. 2539) and such forms as ύκοό'ορ.ος in no. 159.
241. Altar. A fragment of an altar found lying on the ground in the courtyard
of a house to the east of the so-called “Barracks” (cf. no. 245). Nos. 373-375 were
found in the stairway of this house. Height of the fragment 51 cm.; width at the
top 33 cm. Height of the extant portion of the die 25 cm.; width of the die 24cm.