322 Division III Section A Part 5
Silvanus, (son) of Hutaim, (were) commissioners, also for (the) demolition and recon-
striiction of two towers in the sanctuary, in (the) year 267. (372 a. d.)
No. 689, also elated in 372 a. d., records the erection of two towers, and contains
the names of at least two of the προνο^ταί mentioned in this inscription, Νασερος Ονενου
and Μανος Θιερ,ου. On the provenience of both stones see no. 689.
The use of επίνοια here found is surprising and cannot be paralleled. The plural
is used, apparently to express the combined ideas of plan and provision of funds, in two
inscriptions of the fourth century; see I. G. xiv, p. 697, no. 1078(2 = Ditt. Syll? 421, τάς
λιτουργείας ίόϊαις ε’πινοίαις ε’πικουφίσαντα and C. I. G. 4430 = Ditt. I.S.O.G. 580, εξ οίκ(ε)ίων
επινοίων εις τοΰτο το σχήμα -ήχαχεν. We have not been able to find any instance of the
word with an objective genitive, as seems to be the case in the present inscription,
but we are unable to propose any plausible emendation of the copy. The letters in
lines 5-6 seem to us to represent the verb of which επίνοια must be the subject, but
we cannot offer any convincing restoration. The obvious emendation is ε[τε]λεύτ(η)[σε,
whereas we should expect ετελιωθ?;. Neither verb, however, seems logical with επίνοια
as subject.
The combination of τρίκλινος and βουστασιον suggests two inscriptions from Shakka,
one of which records the construction of το στάβλον καί οί δυο τρίκλινοι ( V. A. S. ρ. 145,
no. y = A.A.E.S. hi 377), the other that of το στα'βλον περίκλινον (Wad. 2161). The
word τρίκλινος occurs also in an inscription from Medjdel ish-Shor, found in situ in a
large house, on the lower floor of which there is a good-sized stable; see no. 169 and
Div. II. a. 2, p. i2of. This seems to show that the words στάβλον and βουστάσιον in
these inscriptions are to be taken literally, and that in each case there was a τρίκλινος
in close connection with a stable.
The inscription from Medjdel ish-Shor clearly indicates, as was pointed out by
Butler, that the τρίκλινος in question is the large room in the upper story of the house.
The house also contained on the ground-floor a large room through which access was
had to the stable, and in the upper story various small rooms as well as a long room,
provided with cupboards in the walls. The form τρίκλινου seems to be used in the
same way on a stone from Umm il-Kutten (no. 209), which was found above a window
of an arched room in the upper story of a large and complicated house. This house
also contains a number of rooms, one of which on the ground-floor has several cup-
boards built into the wall.
The use of the word to indicate a banqueting-hall is frequent not only in authors,
but also in inscriptions from Greece and the Aegean islands from the end of the fourth
century B. C. to the third or fourth century after Christ; see I. G. xn 7, 515, Ditt.
Syllr 607 and 937. In the Byzantine era there were several τρίκλινοι at Constantinople,
donated by various emperors or public-spirited citizens, intended apparently as public
resorts; see Ps.-Codinus, Πάτριά Κ.πολεως, pass.
As MM. Dussaud and Macler have already suggested, the combination in these
inscriptions of a dining-hall and a stable suggests an inn containing quarters for man
and beast, the latter being accommodated, at least in the houses at Medjdel ish-Shor
and Umm il-Kuttfen, on the ground-floor, the former using the large room above as a
general living-room (like the medafeh among the modern Arabs), and perhaps even as
sleeping-quarters, although the smaller rooms adjoining may have been used for this purpose.
Silvanus, (son) of Hutaim, (were) commissioners, also for (the) demolition and recon-
striiction of two towers in the sanctuary, in (the) year 267. (372 a. d.)
No. 689, also elated in 372 a. d., records the erection of two towers, and contains
the names of at least two of the προνο^ταί mentioned in this inscription, Νασερος Ονενου
and Μανος Θιερ,ου. On the provenience of both stones see no. 689.
The use of επίνοια here found is surprising and cannot be paralleled. The plural
is used, apparently to express the combined ideas of plan and provision of funds, in two
inscriptions of the fourth century; see I. G. xiv, p. 697, no. 1078(2 = Ditt. Syll? 421, τάς
λιτουργείας ίόϊαις ε’πινοίαις ε’πικουφίσαντα and C. I. G. 4430 = Ditt. I.S.O.G. 580, εξ οίκ(ε)ίων
επινοίων εις τοΰτο το σχήμα -ήχαχεν. We have not been able to find any instance of the
word with an objective genitive, as seems to be the case in the present inscription,
but we are unable to propose any plausible emendation of the copy. The letters in
lines 5-6 seem to us to represent the verb of which επίνοια must be the subject, but
we cannot offer any convincing restoration. The obvious emendation is ε[τε]λεύτ(η)[σε,
whereas we should expect ετελιωθ?;. Neither verb, however, seems logical with επίνοια
as subject.
The combination of τρίκλινος and βουστασιον suggests two inscriptions from Shakka,
one of which records the construction of το στάβλον καί οί δυο τρίκλινοι ( V. A. S. ρ. 145,
no. y = A.A.E.S. hi 377), the other that of το στα'βλον περίκλινον (Wad. 2161). The
word τρίκλινος occurs also in an inscription from Medjdel ish-Shor, found in situ in a
large house, on the lower floor of which there is a good-sized stable; see no. 169 and
Div. II. a. 2, p. i2of. This seems to show that the words στάβλον and βουστάσιον in
these inscriptions are to be taken literally, and that in each case there was a τρίκλινος
in close connection with a stable.
The inscription from Medjdel ish-Shor clearly indicates, as was pointed out by
Butler, that the τρίκλινος in question is the large room in the upper story of the house.
The house also contained on the ground-floor a large room through which access was
had to the stable, and in the upper story various small rooms as well as a long room,
provided with cupboards in the walls. The form τρίκλινου seems to be used in the
same way on a stone from Umm il-Kutten (no. 209), which was found above a window
of an arched room in the upper story of a large and complicated house. This house
also contains a number of rooms, one of which on the ground-floor has several cup-
boards built into the wall.
The use of the word to indicate a banqueting-hall is frequent not only in authors,
but also in inscriptions from Greece and the Aegean islands from the end of the fourth
century B. C. to the third or fourth century after Christ; see I. G. xn 7, 515, Ditt.
Syllr 607 and 937. In the Byzantine era there were several τρίκλινοι at Constantinople,
donated by various emperors or public-spirited citizens, intended apparently as public
resorts; see Ps.-Codinus, Πάτριά Κ.πολεως, pass.
As MM. Dussaud and Macler have already suggested, the combination in these
inscriptions of a dining-hall and a stable suggests an inn containing quarters for man
and beast, the latter being accommodated, at least in the houses at Medjdel ish-Shor
and Umm il-Kuttfen, on the ground-floor, the former using the large room above as a
general living-room (like the medafeh among the modern Arabs), and perhaps even as
sleeping-quarters, although the smaller rooms adjoining may have been used for this purpose.