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Kokaba — Delloza
I.15
side of the house is a broad passage, closed by a doorway at its north end which
forms part of the north wall of the house. Apparently the courtyard, at the south
side of the house, was entered through this passage from the street at the north: see
plan in Div. II, b, 3, p. 137. The inscription is incised on the fascia next to the
lowest of the mouldings. This fascia is 1.43 m. long and 5^ cm. wide. The letters
are 4 cm. high: they are well formed, well aligned and well cut: □, for example, is
almost perfectly square. The reading is certain.
+EMMANBYHAMEBHMWNBBEBEBBHBBE++
+ Ερ.ρ,αυουκλ ρ.εθ /ψ.ών. Ο Θεός βοηθός. -+- +
+ Emmanuel is with us! God (is our) helper! T +
This inscription reflects the well-known passage, Matthew 1, 2^f: Τοΰτο <ίέ ολου γέ-
γουεν ίνα πληρωθώ το ρηθ'εν υπό Κυρίου θίά του προφήτου λεγοντος’ ’ΐάοΰ η Τίαρθ ενός εν γαστρί
εξει, καί τεξεται υιόν, και καλέσουσιν το όνομα αυτού Εμμανουήλ’ ο έστιν μεθερμη-
νευόμενου Με θ’ ημών ό Θεός. Compare also such passages in the Psalms as, for example,
xvn, 3: Ο Θεός μου βοηθός μου, καί ελπιώ επ’ αυτόν, LXI, g, or cxlv, 5. Also the passage
in Romans, vm, 31, which is frequent ori Syrian lintels: Ει ο' Θεός ύπερ ημών, τις καθ' ημών.
Λ
ιο66. DELLOZA. House No. II. Two fragments of a lintel, now in a stone
fence adjoining the southwest corner of the courtyard of the large dwelling with Co-
rinthian columns to which two other inscriptions, published in A.A.E.S. hi, Nos. 222
Inscr. 1066. From a drawing. Scale 1:20.
and 223, belong. The mouldings of the present fragments show that the lintel belonged
to a gate-way in the south wall of the courtyard.1 The height of the lintel was 57 cm.,
of the inscribed band, which is about the center of the face, 5 cm. The inscription
on the first fragment is 1.10m., that on the second 81 cm. in length. Copied by
Dr. Littmann.
Fragment a.
Fragment b.
eeocvnepvMWNTicwKAevHWNAO
λΑυτουπΑντοτεκΑινυν
[Ei o'] Θεός υπέρ υμών, τις ώ
καθ’ υροΐν; Δό[ξ]α αυτού πάντοτε καί νύν.
If God (be) for you, who (is) he that (is) against you? His glory (be) now and
always!
The words are from Romans vm, 31. Compare the preceding inscription, and Nos.
905, 1027, 1030 etc.: also A.A.E.S. 111, p. 17. Possibly, in the present instance,
υμών is intended for ημών.
See plan, II, B, 3, p. 135.
I.15
side of the house is a broad passage, closed by a doorway at its north end which
forms part of the north wall of the house. Apparently the courtyard, at the south
side of the house, was entered through this passage from the street at the north: see
plan in Div. II, b, 3, p. 137. The inscription is incised on the fascia next to the
lowest of the mouldings. This fascia is 1.43 m. long and 5^ cm. wide. The letters
are 4 cm. high: they are well formed, well aligned and well cut: □, for example, is
almost perfectly square. The reading is certain.
+EMMANBYHAMEBHMWNBBEBEBBHBBE++
+ Ερ.ρ,αυουκλ ρ.εθ /ψ.ών. Ο Θεός βοηθός. -+- +
+ Emmanuel is with us! God (is our) helper! T +
This inscription reflects the well-known passage, Matthew 1, 2^f: Τοΰτο <ίέ ολου γέ-
γουεν ίνα πληρωθώ το ρηθ'εν υπό Κυρίου θίά του προφήτου λεγοντος’ ’ΐάοΰ η Τίαρθ ενός εν γαστρί
εξει, καί τεξεται υιόν, και καλέσουσιν το όνομα αυτού Εμμανουήλ’ ο έστιν μεθερμη-
νευόμενου Με θ’ ημών ό Θεός. Compare also such passages in the Psalms as, for example,
xvn, 3: Ο Θεός μου βοηθός μου, καί ελπιώ επ’ αυτόν, LXI, g, or cxlv, 5. Also the passage
in Romans, vm, 31, which is frequent ori Syrian lintels: Ει ο' Θεός ύπερ ημών, τις καθ' ημών.
Λ
ιο66. DELLOZA. House No. II. Two fragments of a lintel, now in a stone
fence adjoining the southwest corner of the courtyard of the large dwelling with Co-
rinthian columns to which two other inscriptions, published in A.A.E.S. hi, Nos. 222
Inscr. 1066. From a drawing. Scale 1:20.
and 223, belong. The mouldings of the present fragments show that the lintel belonged
to a gate-way in the south wall of the courtyard.1 The height of the lintel was 57 cm.,
of the inscribed band, which is about the center of the face, 5 cm. The inscription
on the first fragment is 1.10m., that on the second 81 cm. in length. Copied by
Dr. Littmann.
Fragment a.
Fragment b.
eeocvnepvMWNTicwKAevHWNAO
λΑυτουπΑντοτεκΑινυν
[Ei o'] Θεός υπέρ υμών, τις ώ
καθ’ υροΐν; Δό[ξ]α αυτού πάντοτε καί νύν.
If God (be) for you, who (is) he that (is) against you? His glory (be) now and
always!
The words are from Romans vm, 31. Compare the preceding inscription, and Nos.
905, 1027, 1030 etc.: also A.A.E.S. 111, p. 17. Possibly, in the present instance,
υμών is intended for ημών.
See plan, II, B, 3, p. 135.