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429
Inscr. 7978. Scale 1 : 10.
Υπέρ σωτηρίας Ήράάου Βερευείκιανοΰ. Ηράκλειας Αλαφαλλου αρχιτεκτων.
For {the) preservation of Herodes, {soil) of Berenikianos. Herakleides, son of
Khalaf-allah, master-builder.
The name Αλαφαλλας seems to be new. It is a compound formed in the same
way as Θαιμαλλας and other theophorous names. For the simple form Αλαφο; see no. 90.
797°. Altar. Found in a room, used as a stable, in the southern part of the
town. The altar serves as the lower portion of a pier which supports the roof; the
base is embedded in the ground. Height above the ground 991/2 cm.; thickness of
the base 38 cm. The inscription is on the side of the altar, on the die and on a
band below it. Height of the die 31 cm.; thickness 32 cm. The back of the altar
has been chipped, and the ends of the lines thereby destroyed. The letters are much
Height of letters 31/3-41/3 cm. Copied by Magie.
Μαβογ[αι-
ος Α'ζφυ
ύπερ σωτηρ-
ίας Μαλεί[χ-
αθσυ υίο[ΰ
εΰσεβεία[ς
Inscr. 7979·
Scale ι : 20.
Mabboghay, {son) of Hani, made {it) for {the) preservation of Malikat, {his) son,
as a mark of piety.
This inscription is of interest as strengthening the evidence for the use of Μαββογαιος
or Μαμ,βογαιος as the name of a person. It is the Syriac form of the ethnic adjective
of the city of Bambyke-Hierapolis (Membidj), and was read as a personal name in
two Nabataean inscriptions from Petra by M. Clermont-Ganneau, who compared this
name with Μαμβογάίος in Wad. 2554 and 2555; see R. A. O. iv (1901), p. 99 f.
The name had been restored previously by Messrs. Wright and Souter in an inscription
from Is-Sanamen (Ewing no. 46), with the note that the form Μαμβογεω (dat.) was
found in a Cappadocian inscription. This restoration was accepted by Professor Ditten-
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. 7. 56
429
Inscr. 7978. Scale 1 : 10.
Υπέρ σωτηρίας Ήράάου Βερευείκιανοΰ. Ηράκλειας Αλαφαλλου αρχιτεκτων.
For {the) preservation of Herodes, {soil) of Berenikianos. Herakleides, son of
Khalaf-allah, master-builder.
The name Αλαφαλλας seems to be new. It is a compound formed in the same
way as Θαιμαλλας and other theophorous names. For the simple form Αλαφο; see no. 90.
797°. Altar. Found in a room, used as a stable, in the southern part of the
town. The altar serves as the lower portion of a pier which supports the roof; the
base is embedded in the ground. Height above the ground 991/2 cm.; thickness of
the base 38 cm. The inscription is on the side of the altar, on the die and on a
band below it. Height of the die 31 cm.; thickness 32 cm. The back of the altar
has been chipped, and the ends of the lines thereby destroyed. The letters are much
Height of letters 31/3-41/3 cm. Copied by Magie.
Μαβογ[αι-
ος Α'ζφυ
ύπερ σωτηρ-
ίας Μαλεί[χ-
αθσυ υίο[ΰ
εΰσεβεία[ς
Inscr. 7979·
Scale ι : 20.
Mabboghay, {son) of Hani, made {it) for {the) preservation of Malikat, {his) son,
as a mark of piety.
This inscription is of interest as strengthening the evidence for the use of Μαββογαιος
or Μαμ,βογαιος as the name of a person. It is the Syriac form of the ethnic adjective
of the city of Bambyke-Hierapolis (Membidj), and was read as a personal name in
two Nabataean inscriptions from Petra by M. Clermont-Ganneau, who compared this
name with Μαμβογάίος in Wad. 2554 and 2555; see R. A. O. iv (1901), p. 99 f.
The name had been restored previously by Messrs. Wright and Souter in an inscription
from Is-Sanamen (Ewing no. 46), with the note that the form Μαμβογεω (dat.) was
found in a Cappadocian inscription. This restoration was accepted by Professor Ditten-
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. A, Pt. 7. 56