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Umm it-Tuweneh Temek
II
827. Lintel. Fragment, probably part of a lintel, lying among the debris
outside of a small enclosure about the grave of a “shhkh”, near the south end
of the town. The stone is 55cm. long and 62cm. high: it is complete at the top
and bottom, and at the left end, but broken at the right. The inscription is in a plate
enclosed by a plain border about 5 cm. wide: the letters, ό1/» to 10 cm. high, are in
relief. The disk in the lower left-hand corner is 17 cm. in diameter. Copy by Dr.
Littmann.
IM?
Inscr. 827.
1. Kats[
2.
3- λεγι Κ(ίριο)ς[
4· Κρα[
5· ’Ετου[ς
of this
saith the Lord
In (the) year
The name is doubtless Aramaic.
Inscr. 82S.
ΤΕΕΕλΡΕΙΞΗΡωωΐ \l, kPETAIK
Π0ΤΝΙΑΝΙΚΉ 6
>ΜΟΕΑΝΑΜΗΛΑΙΕΕΝΘΑΔΕ
ΝλίΕΤΑΕΙΝ
of three which formed the lintel over
Div. II, Ill. 8. The tower was 9
Αλουμ,θα: Alumtha or Halumtha.
828. TEMEK. Stele. Fragment of a stele, now used as a beam to support
the roof of a modern dwelling. The stone lies face down, one end resting
on a column in the center of the room. It measures approximately 1.41 m.
by 30 cm. Above the inscription there is an ornament of some sort in relief,
like a fillet looped up at two points, the ends hanging down at each side.
The letters are incised, and are now very dim : they are about 6 cm. high.
Apparently there was nothing more on the stele than is given here.
829. Tower. The outermost slab
the entrance to a ruined tower. See
paces square, measured on the outside. Two corners are still standing, up
to the cornice, and show that the tower was three, perhaps four, stories high.
The doorway, which was a small one, is in the south side, and is now choked by
fallen stones piled about it, Two of the slabs which composed the lintel are in situ: .
the outer slab, which bears the inscription, was found within the walls of the building.
Above the lintel was a relieving arch ornamented with simple mouldings. In the north
wall of the second story was a small, splayed window, and high up on the outside of
the east wall was a small cross in relief. I think, however, that the cross was in relief
below the surface, and hence may have been carved long after
the building was complete.
The inscribed slab is 1.32 m. long, 40 cm. wide, and
about 34 cm. thick. The four lines of the inscription are spaced
so as to divide the surface equally between them. The letters are incised on a plain
surface, and are 7 to f I „ cm. high. They are well carved and perfectly plain. I be-
lieve that the inscription is complete.
Published also by Dr. Lucas in Byz. Zeitschr. xiv, p. 30, No. 20.
Τε'σσαρες ζφώων εφεταί κ(αί) πότνια νήο; Four virtues of men, and blessed victory
[’'Ω]ρ.οσαν ευΘαίε ναιετάειν. Have sworn to one another here to dwell.
II
827. Lintel. Fragment, probably part of a lintel, lying among the debris
outside of a small enclosure about the grave of a “shhkh”, near the south end
of the town. The stone is 55cm. long and 62cm. high: it is complete at the top
and bottom, and at the left end, but broken at the right. The inscription is in a plate
enclosed by a plain border about 5 cm. wide: the letters, ό1/» to 10 cm. high, are in
relief. The disk in the lower left-hand corner is 17 cm. in diameter. Copy by Dr.
Littmann.
IM?
Inscr. 827.
1. Kats[
2.
3- λεγι Κ(ίριο)ς[
4· Κρα[
5· ’Ετου[ς
of this
saith the Lord
In (the) year
The name is doubtless Aramaic.
Inscr. 82S.
ΤΕΕΕλΡΕΙΞΗΡωωΐ \l, kPETAIK
Π0ΤΝΙΑΝΙΚΉ 6
>ΜΟΕΑΝΑΜΗΛΑΙΕΕΝΘΑΔΕ
ΝλίΕΤΑΕΙΝ
of three which formed the lintel over
Div. II, Ill. 8. The tower was 9
Αλουμ,θα: Alumtha or Halumtha.
828. TEMEK. Stele. Fragment of a stele, now used as a beam to support
the roof of a modern dwelling. The stone lies face down, one end resting
on a column in the center of the room. It measures approximately 1.41 m.
by 30 cm. Above the inscription there is an ornament of some sort in relief,
like a fillet looped up at two points, the ends hanging down at each side.
The letters are incised, and are now very dim : they are about 6 cm. high.
Apparently there was nothing more on the stele than is given here.
829. Tower. The outermost slab
the entrance to a ruined tower. See
paces square, measured on the outside. Two corners are still standing, up
to the cornice, and show that the tower was three, perhaps four, stories high.
The doorway, which was a small one, is in the south side, and is now choked by
fallen stones piled about it, Two of the slabs which composed the lintel are in situ: .
the outer slab, which bears the inscription, was found within the walls of the building.
Above the lintel was a relieving arch ornamented with simple mouldings. In the north
wall of the second story was a small, splayed window, and high up on the outside of
the east wall was a small cross in relief. I think, however, that the cross was in relief
below the surface, and hence may have been carved long after
the building was complete.
The inscribed slab is 1.32 m. long, 40 cm. wide, and
about 34 cm. thick. The four lines of the inscription are spaced
so as to divide the surface equally between them. The letters are incised on a plain
surface, and are 7 to f I „ cm. high. They are well carved and perfectly plain. I be-
lieve that the inscription is complete.
Published also by Dr. Lucas in Byz. Zeitschr. xiv, p. 30, No. 20.
Τε'σσαρες ζφώων εφεταί κ(αί) πότνια νήο; Four virtues of men, and blessed victory
[’'Ω]ρ.οσαν ευΘαίε ναιετάειν. Have sworn to one another here to dwell.