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Harran
4B
Through the agency of Tiberius Aphianus, {soil) of Aianos, and Vettius, {son'} of
Iustus, was erected the sanctuary of {the} God of 'Aum . . . ., Priscus, {son} of Menneas,
and Aemilianus, {son} of Vettianus, and Maior, {son} of Malchion, being priests.
The condition of the stone necessitates considerable emendation in order to secure
an intelligible reading. However, it is at least clear that the inscription records the
erection of a shrine to the God of Aum. Apparently, also, the names of the priests
are appended, the right dovetail and the space below it being encroached upon because
of lack of room inside the frame. Thus in Wad. 2393 two priests are named as par-
ticipating in erecting an edifice in honor of this same divinity.
The name Aphianus is cognate with the feminines Apphia (Aphia), Greek Άπφία,
Άφφία; see Thes. Ling. Lat. KwmA may be either the Greek name Αίανης or ΚΑ.Άς,
the Latin Azarins, as in C. I. L. vi 2381, or the Arabic Haiyan, as in no. 342.
On Θεός Αυμου see no. 793·, the letters following we have been unable to explain
to our satisfiction. If, as the copy would indicate, they represent a proper name, this
could hardly be joined with the regular series of name and patronym following. It
seems easier to regard it as an epithet or an appositive connected with Θεόν. Thus in
Wad. 2374 a we have the combination Θεω Ουασεαθου πατοωω Θεαν^ίω, However, we
should hesitate on the basis of our copy to suggest a new name or epithet for this
god, called elsewhere simply Θεός Αιγχου or "Ηλ«ς Θεός Αυ/χου with the epithets ανίκητος,
^εσπότ^ς, Ζεύς; cf. no. 793.
Είερευόντων is a solecism for the proper form of ίεραομαι or ιερατεύω. On the spelling
cf. no. 8036 and C. I. G. 5020 είερεύς.
7941. Lintel. 397-8 a. d. Lintel, intact when seen by Wetzstein, Waddington
and Ewinsf, but now broken into two fragmients. Fro·, a was found in the floor of a
o' 00
ruined house west of an open paved space in the center of the village. Length 1 m.;
height 26 cm. Frg. b was found in the hearth of an arched medafeh situated in the
northern part of the village and facing west. This medafeh belongs to the Shekh.
Length 43 cm.; height 31 cm. The inscription is on a raised dovetailed plate. Height
of letters 2Ι/3~4 cm. Frg. b was copied by Magie, frg. a by Butler.
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' A ATI Ρ Y P λ Ή AC K A
-TTP ο N ΟΡ.^ΤΙΟΥΡΧΎ/^Ο Y LEO Δ APAL·-^
N N f> A'v KA ΑΜΑ P ο γ c γ/ο A °Y a
.. ΚΑΙΑΜοΥλ(ΑΡκ/A iVO YZW O I KH ’’
T ΠΑΝΥΤ AY. C A H TO K o. |h/ ο N n '
Wetzstein, no. 112; Waddington, no. 2463; Ewing, P. E. F. 1895, p. 147, no. 84.
b a ■
Inscr. 7941. Scale i : io.
’Αντί ε[ύχ]αρίστίας καί
προν(ρία) [Γ]ορεπου Αυμου κε Οίαρα-
ν(ου) Βα[σο]υ καί Αριερον Ουαβηλου
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4B
Through the agency of Tiberius Aphianus, {soil) of Aianos, and Vettius, {son'} of
Iustus, was erected the sanctuary of {the} God of 'Aum . . . ., Priscus, {son} of Menneas,
and Aemilianus, {son} of Vettianus, and Maior, {son} of Malchion, being priests.
The condition of the stone necessitates considerable emendation in order to secure
an intelligible reading. However, it is at least clear that the inscription records the
erection of a shrine to the God of Aum. Apparently, also, the names of the priests
are appended, the right dovetail and the space below it being encroached upon because
of lack of room inside the frame. Thus in Wad. 2393 two priests are named as par-
ticipating in erecting an edifice in honor of this same divinity.
The name Aphianus is cognate with the feminines Apphia (Aphia), Greek Άπφία,
Άφφία; see Thes. Ling. Lat. KwmA may be either the Greek name Αίανης or ΚΑ.Άς,
the Latin Azarins, as in C. I. L. vi 2381, or the Arabic Haiyan, as in no. 342.
On Θεός Αυμου see no. 793·, the letters following we have been unable to explain
to our satisfiction. If, as the copy would indicate, they represent a proper name, this
could hardly be joined with the regular series of name and patronym following. It
seems easier to regard it as an epithet or an appositive connected with Θεόν. Thus in
Wad. 2374 a we have the combination Θεω Ουασεαθου πατοωω Θεαν^ίω, However, we
should hesitate on the basis of our copy to suggest a new name or epithet for this
god, called elsewhere simply Θεός Αιγχου or "Ηλ«ς Θεός Αυ/χου with the epithets ανίκητος,
^εσπότ^ς, Ζεύς; cf. no. 793.
Είερευόντων is a solecism for the proper form of ίεραομαι or ιερατεύω. On the spelling
cf. no. 8036 and C. I. G. 5020 είερεύς.
7941. Lintel. 397-8 a. d. Lintel, intact when seen by Wetzstein, Waddington
and Ewinsf, but now broken into two fragmients. Fro·, a was found in the floor of a
o' 00
ruined house west of an open paved space in the center of the village. Length 1 m.;
height 26 cm. Frg. b was found in the hearth of an arched medafeh situated in the
northern part of the village and facing west. This medafeh belongs to the Shekh.
Length 43 cm.; height 31 cm. The inscription is on a raised dovetailed plate. Height
of letters 2Ι/3~4 cm. Frg. b was copied by Magie, frg. a by Butler.
A
7
' A ATI Ρ Y P λ Ή AC K A
-TTP ο N ΟΡ.^ΤΙΟΥΡΧΎ/^Ο Y LEO Δ APAL·-^
N N f> A'v KA ΑΜΑ P ο γ c γ/ο A °Y a
.. ΚΑΙΑΜοΥλ(ΑΡκ/A iVO YZW O I KH ’’
T ΠΑΝΥΤ AY. C A H TO K o. |h/ ο N n '
Wetzstein, no. 112; Waddington, no. 2463; Ewing, P. E. F. 1895, p. 147, no. 84.
b a ■
Inscr. 7941. Scale i : io.
’Αντί ε[ύχ]αρίστίας καί
προν(ρία) [Γ]ορεπου Αυμου κε Οίαρα-
ν(ου) Βα[σο]υ καί Αριερον Ουαβηλου
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. 7.
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