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Division III Section B Part i
so that the room is entirely dark. The stone is one meter long, and 18cm. wide: it
is apparently broken at the left. The inscription, in letters 8 cm. high, is incised be-
tween two incised lines, the one 4 cm. from the top,
the other 4 cm. from the bottom. This appears to be
a part of the same architrave as Nos. 877 ff. The left
half of the inscription is in Syriac : see Div. IV, Syr. 1.
The Greek part of the inscription is Μοφίοί + : Maria. 4-
881. IL-MISHRIFEH. Lintel (?), 344 a.d. Built into the wall of a modern
dwelling in the southern part of the town. When visited by this expedition, at the
end of March, this house was vacant: it was said, however, to be occupied in winter.
The left end of the block protrudes from the exterior of the wall, while the right end
protrudes into the interior of the building. The block is 1.64 m. long, and 32 cm. wide.
The letters, 4 to 7 cm. high, are incised on a plain surface. The inscription is com-
plete. Copy by Dr. Littmann.
’'Ετους ’Αρτεμισίου β\ έτελε'σθη το χτίσ¬
μα Ευστολί'ου, επί ’ Α{γ)απητοΰ, του πραγμάτευτοΰ, κέ
Αββήσου, χωμάργ{ρ)υ.
Inscr. 881.
In {the) year Artemisios 2nd, this building of Eustolion was finished, tender
Agapetos, the agent, and Abbosos, komarch. (May. 344 a.d.)
I do not know what manner of building that of Eustolion may have been. There
was a lady of that name, who is mentioned by Socrates, * 1 and by other historians of
the Church. A certain Leontius, a presbyter, loved her and lived with her and suffered
for her sake, and for this reason was deposed from his office of presbyter; but later
Leontius was made bishop of Antioch by Constantius, about 348 a.d. It is not im-
possible that the Eustolion of this inscription may have been the lady with whom Leontius
lived. The komarch was doubtless the shekh of the village : Abbosos is also mentioned
in Nos. 874 and 875.
882. A stone, 453-4 a.d. In the jamb of a doorway in a ruined wall. The door-
way faces east. The inscribed block is in the north jamb, with its face to the south:
it is 77 cm. long and 64 broad. The inscription is in relief, in two plates sunk in the
surface, leaving narrow borders. The first line of letters is 13 cm. high, in a plate
17 cm. high: the second line is 15 cm. high, its plate 18 cm. The stone is complete.
+ Τ0ΥΠΕΜΤ0Υ i· -Η Τού πψ.(π)του
+ 2Y6TOYC 2. +ξψζ έτους.
4- {the) fifth + {and) j6oth year, i.e. in the year 765. (453-4 a.d.)
A similar method of writing the date is employed in No. 1075 below.
883. Lintel, 584 a.d. Fragment of a lintel, probably of a church, lying within a
ruined building west of No. 888. The lintel originally contained three disks. It is now
9 l_ r- y ya. MZXP I A +
Inscr. 880.
1 Hist. Eccl. 11, 26. See biographical dictionaries under the name Leontius.
Division III Section B Part i
so that the room is entirely dark. The stone is one meter long, and 18cm. wide: it
is apparently broken at the left. The inscription, in letters 8 cm. high, is incised be-
tween two incised lines, the one 4 cm. from the top,
the other 4 cm. from the bottom. This appears to be
a part of the same architrave as Nos. 877 ff. The left
half of the inscription is in Syriac : see Div. IV, Syr. 1.
The Greek part of the inscription is Μοφίοί + : Maria. 4-
881. IL-MISHRIFEH. Lintel (?), 344 a.d. Built into the wall of a modern
dwelling in the southern part of the town. When visited by this expedition, at the
end of March, this house was vacant: it was said, however, to be occupied in winter.
The left end of the block protrudes from the exterior of the wall, while the right end
protrudes into the interior of the building. The block is 1.64 m. long, and 32 cm. wide.
The letters, 4 to 7 cm. high, are incised on a plain surface. The inscription is com-
plete. Copy by Dr. Littmann.
’'Ετους ’Αρτεμισίου β\ έτελε'σθη το χτίσ¬
μα Ευστολί'ου, επί ’ Α{γ)απητοΰ, του πραγμάτευτοΰ, κέ
Αββήσου, χωμάργ{ρ)υ.
Inscr. 881.
In {the) year Artemisios 2nd, this building of Eustolion was finished, tender
Agapetos, the agent, and Abbosos, komarch. (May. 344 a.d.)
I do not know what manner of building that of Eustolion may have been. There
was a lady of that name, who is mentioned by Socrates, * 1 and by other historians of
the Church. A certain Leontius, a presbyter, loved her and lived with her and suffered
for her sake, and for this reason was deposed from his office of presbyter; but later
Leontius was made bishop of Antioch by Constantius, about 348 a.d. It is not im-
possible that the Eustolion of this inscription may have been the lady with whom Leontius
lived. The komarch was doubtless the shekh of the village : Abbosos is also mentioned
in Nos. 874 and 875.
882. A stone, 453-4 a.d. In the jamb of a doorway in a ruined wall. The door-
way faces east. The inscribed block is in the north jamb, with its face to the south:
it is 77 cm. long and 64 broad. The inscription is in relief, in two plates sunk in the
surface, leaving narrow borders. The first line of letters is 13 cm. high, in a plate
17 cm. high: the second line is 15 cm. high, its plate 18 cm. The stone is complete.
+ Τ0ΥΠΕΜΤ0Υ i· -Η Τού πψ.(π)του
+ 2Y6TOYC 2. +ξψζ έτους.
4- {the) fifth + {and) j6oth year, i.e. in the year 765. (453-4 a.d.)
A similar method of writing the date is employed in No. 1075 below.
883. Lintel, 584 a.d. Fragment of a lintel, probably of a church, lying within a
ruined building west of No. 888. The lintel originally contained three disks. It is now
9 l_ r- y ya. MZXP I A +
Inscr. 880.
1 Hist. Eccl. 11, 26. See biographical dictionaries under the name Leontius.