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Division III Section A Part 6
face a above the band 31/2 cm., elsewhere 2-21/2 cm. Copied by Littmann in 1905,
and by Magie in 1909.
Littmann (from this copy), J?. A. v (1905), p. 412, no. 13.
A B
Inscr. 769. Scale i : io.
Δίΐ(?)] Κυρι[ω.
.... ο βουλ(ευτ·/7ς)
καί . . .]νιο[ς
εκατόντα[ρ(χος)
σπίρ·/;ς Αΰ[γ(ουστ>?ς).
To (the) Lord Zeus , councillor, and .... nius, centurion of (the)
cohort Augusta.
In the preliminary publication of this inscription Littmann read on face a Κύρι[ος|
Όβούλνίο[ς] as the name of the donor. A drawing of the stone made in 1909, however,
shows that the inscription on this face is far from complete, and that on the stone as
extant a space of 9 cm. precedes the letters KYPI. Accordingly, it seems clear that
some word is to be restored in this space, and the sacred character of the place, as
well as the fact that the stone is an altar, taken in connection with the word Κύριος,
suggest the name of a deity as the obvious restoration. The .fact that the letters KYPI
are larger than the letters which apparently constitute the names and titles of the donor
or donors seems to bear out this supposition. Διί is, of course, only a very uncertain
conjecture, suggested by other dedications in Syria made to a local Bacal under the
name of Ζευς. If this restoration is correct, the god must be Bacal Shamin. However,
perhaps Σεεια] Κυρί[α is the proper restoration; see no. 767.
The fact that there were originally so many letters on face a points to the belief
that there was more than one donor, and the fact that the second donor’s title is recorded
suggests that the letters B Ο Y Λ in 1. 2 are to be regarded as the title of the first.
Similarly, a βουλ(ευτ<ς) and an ύπτιον λεγ(ίώνος) constructed an heroon together at Khulkhula ;
see Wad. 25370 — I. G. R. 111 1131.
A σπείρα Αύ[γούστη is mentioned in an inscription from il-Hit, dated in the reign
of Agrippa II (Wad. 2112 — /. G. R. in 1136), and the combined evidence of the two
inscriptions points to the belief that a cohors Augusta was quartered in southeastern Syria
in the first century; the form of Σ in the present inscription indicates that this inscription
also is to be set at an early date. ■ It has been suggested by Cichorius (P.-W. iv, sp. 248)
that this cohort is probably the cohors Atigusta 1, whose prefect commemorates himself in
an inscription from Beirfit of the time of Augustus (C. I. L. in 6687). On the other hand,
Waddington’s identification of the cohort of his no. 2112 with the σπείρα Σεβαστή of
Act. Aposi. xxvn 1 seems very doubtful, for this cohort was evidently stationed at
Caesarea, too far away from southeastern Syria to make it probable that two of its
officers should have made dedications in this region. The cognomen Augusta was borne
by many cohorts, and it is much more likely that there was a cohort of this name
both in Syria and in Palestine.
770. Fragment. Found in the ruins in the fore-court in front of the “Temple of
Dushara”. The block is broken at the top and at the right, and perhaps at the left
Division III Section A Part 6
face a above the band 31/2 cm., elsewhere 2-21/2 cm. Copied by Littmann in 1905,
and by Magie in 1909.
Littmann (from this copy), J?. A. v (1905), p. 412, no. 13.
A B
Inscr. 769. Scale i : io.
Δίΐ(?)] Κυρι[ω.
.... ο βουλ(ευτ·/7ς)
καί . . .]νιο[ς
εκατόντα[ρ(χος)
σπίρ·/;ς Αΰ[γ(ουστ>?ς).
To (the) Lord Zeus , councillor, and .... nius, centurion of (the)
cohort Augusta.
In the preliminary publication of this inscription Littmann read on face a Κύρι[ος|
Όβούλνίο[ς] as the name of the donor. A drawing of the stone made in 1909, however,
shows that the inscription on this face is far from complete, and that on the stone as
extant a space of 9 cm. precedes the letters KYPI. Accordingly, it seems clear that
some word is to be restored in this space, and the sacred character of the place, as
well as the fact that the stone is an altar, taken in connection with the word Κύριος,
suggest the name of a deity as the obvious restoration. The .fact that the letters KYPI
are larger than the letters which apparently constitute the names and titles of the donor
or donors seems to bear out this supposition. Διί is, of course, only a very uncertain
conjecture, suggested by other dedications in Syria made to a local Bacal under the
name of Ζευς. If this restoration is correct, the god must be Bacal Shamin. However,
perhaps Σεεια] Κυρί[α is the proper restoration; see no. 767.
The fact that there were originally so many letters on face a points to the belief
that there was more than one donor, and the fact that the second donor’s title is recorded
suggests that the letters B Ο Y Λ in 1. 2 are to be regarded as the title of the first.
Similarly, a βουλ(ευτ<ς) and an ύπτιον λεγ(ίώνος) constructed an heroon together at Khulkhula ;
see Wad. 25370 — I. G. R. 111 1131.
A σπείρα Αύ[γούστη is mentioned in an inscription from il-Hit, dated in the reign
of Agrippa II (Wad. 2112 — /. G. R. in 1136), and the combined evidence of the two
inscriptions points to the belief that a cohors Augusta was quartered in southeastern Syria
in the first century; the form of Σ in the present inscription indicates that this inscription
also is to be set at an early date. ■ It has been suggested by Cichorius (P.-W. iv, sp. 248)
that this cohort is probably the cohors Atigusta 1, whose prefect commemorates himself in
an inscription from Beirfit of the time of Augustus (C. I. L. in 6687). On the other hand,
Waddington’s identification of the cohort of his no. 2112 with the σπείρα Σεβαστή of
Act. Aposi. xxvn 1 seems very doubtful, for this cohort was evidently stationed at
Caesarea, too far away from southeastern Syria to make it probable that two of its
officers should have made dedications in this region. The cognomen Augusta was borne
by many cohorts, and it is much more likely that there was a cohort of this name
both in Syria and in Palestine.
770. Fragment. Found in the ruins in the fore-court in front of the “Temple of
Dushara”. The block is broken at the top and at the right, and perhaps at the left