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Saleh.
335
SALEH.
724. Block. 359 a. d. Built into a modern tomb near the khan, which is north
of the village. Length 82 cm.; height 34 cm. The inscription is within a dovetailed
frame. Length of frame 40 cm.; height 23 cm. Height of letters cm.
C.I.G. 4628; IVetzstein, no. 37; Waddington, no. 2254.
x
ΓΑΔΟΥΟΕΘ emo
M'ATACA θ of 1
EAAAMAN HC Θ 101
E |<ΤΗΓΑΝΤο ET 1
CMACYTYXOC]
K
Γαίουος Θερ.ο(υ)
καί Ατασαθος (καί)
Σαλαρ-αν^ς θίοι
έκτισαν το έτ(εε)
σν<Γ. (Ε)ύτυχώς.
Inscr. 724· Scale ι : ίο.
Ghadu, (sou) of Taim, and Atasat and Salman, (his) uncles, built (this) in the
year 254. Good hick! (359 a. d.)
Our copy agrees with Waddington’s.
In 1. 3 Waddington read Σαλαρ.αν«σθιοί, and explained the word as the adjective
formed from Σαλαρ.αυίϊσθα, presumably the ancient name of Saleh. He also read
Σαλαμα[νησθιος[ in no. 2255 = our no. 727. This identification rests solely on the
resemblance between the first syllables of the two words, and seems to us most question-
able, especially as the name Σ αλαμανης is found so frequently; see no. 73. Moreover,
as a general principle, an ethnic adjective would not be appended to the names of
individuals in their own community, and if Σαλαρ,αυΜΑοι is to be read as such an
adjective, it would almost certainly refer to the name of some place other than Saleh;
therefore no theory can be built upon the resemblance of the word with the modern
name of the village in which the stone was set up. We have therefore preferred to
read as above. An inscription from Shacarah in the Ledja, Wad. 2522 = our no. 8036,
records a dedication by a man and Βασσος θειος αυτοΰ.
The name Ατασαθος does not seem to occur elsewhere. It is akin to [θ]τασος in
M.S.M. p. 240, no. 5; see Lidzbarski, Eph. n, p. 327.
725. Lintel. 505 a. d. Over the entrance to a building adjoining the khan.
Length 1.63 m.; height 30 cm. The left end is somewhat chipped. Height of
letters 3I/3-61/2 cm.
Waddington, no. 2256.
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ίΥϊωΝ E A 8 ΪΝ 0 ΥΟΪΚΟΔ ΟΜ Η CAN Ε Τ ΟΥ 0
ΔΧΜ €ΡΑΘΗΚΑ
Inscr. 725· Scale ι : 20.
’ Αγαθή Τυχρ. Γαδουου καί Καδαμου
υιών Σαβινου οικοδόμησαν έτους
υ' καί Οτεραθη καί Μεγαίθία (a’jo'sfX]^ γυνηκι αύ[τ]-
ων.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sect. A, Pt. 5· 44
335
SALEH.
724. Block. 359 a. d. Built into a modern tomb near the khan, which is north
of the village. Length 82 cm.; height 34 cm. The inscription is within a dovetailed
frame. Length of frame 40 cm.; height 23 cm. Height of letters cm.
C.I.G. 4628; IVetzstein, no. 37; Waddington, no. 2254.
x
ΓΑΔΟΥΟΕΘ emo
M'ATACA θ of 1
EAAAMAN HC Θ 101
E |<ΤΗΓΑΝΤο ET 1
CMACYTYXOC]
K
Γαίουος Θερ.ο(υ)
καί Ατασαθος (καί)
Σαλαρ-αν^ς θίοι
έκτισαν το έτ(εε)
σν<Γ. (Ε)ύτυχώς.
Inscr. 724· Scale ι : ίο.
Ghadu, (sou) of Taim, and Atasat and Salman, (his) uncles, built (this) in the
year 254. Good hick! (359 a. d.)
Our copy agrees with Waddington’s.
In 1. 3 Waddington read Σαλαρ.αν«σθιοί, and explained the word as the adjective
formed from Σαλαρ.αυίϊσθα, presumably the ancient name of Saleh. He also read
Σαλαμα[νησθιος[ in no. 2255 = our no. 727. This identification rests solely on the
resemblance between the first syllables of the two words, and seems to us most question-
able, especially as the name Σ αλαμανης is found so frequently; see no. 73. Moreover,
as a general principle, an ethnic adjective would not be appended to the names of
individuals in their own community, and if Σαλαρ,αυΜΑοι is to be read as such an
adjective, it would almost certainly refer to the name of some place other than Saleh;
therefore no theory can be built upon the resemblance of the word with the modern
name of the village in which the stone was set up. We have therefore preferred to
read as above. An inscription from Shacarah in the Ledja, Wad. 2522 = our no. 8036,
records a dedication by a man and Βασσος θειος αυτοΰ.
The name Ατασαθος does not seem to occur elsewhere. It is akin to [θ]τασος in
M.S.M. p. 240, no. 5; see Lidzbarski, Eph. n, p. 327.
725. Lintel. 505 a. d. Over the entrance to a building adjoining the khan.
Length 1.63 m.; height 30 cm. The left end is somewhat chipped. Height of
letters 3I/3-61/2 cm.
Waddington, no. 2256.
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fR Μ)ΜΤΥΧΗΓΔΔΟΥΟΥΙ<ΑΙΚΔΔΔΜΟΥ
ίΥϊωΝ E A 8 ΪΝ 0 ΥΟΪΚΟΔ ΟΜ Η CAN Ε Τ ΟΥ 0
ΔΧΜ €ΡΑΘΗΚΑ
Inscr. 725· Scale ι : 20.
’ Αγαθή Τυχρ. Γαδουου καί Καδαμου
υιών Σαβινου οικοδόμησαν έτους
υ' καί Οτεραθη καί Μεγαίθία (a’jo'sfX]^ γυνηκι αύ[τ]-
ων.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sect. A, Pt. 5· 44