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THE DJEBEL BARISHA.
Part 4 contains thirty inscriptions from the Djebel Barisha. Of these, eighteen
are from Dar Kita and nine are from Babiska: they comprise all the inscriptions known
thus far from these two towns, including those already published by the “American
Expedition” of 1900,1 which are re-published here in order that in Part 4 of Divisions
II and III together as complete a picture as possible may be presented of two com-
munities typical of this region in the period between 300 and 600 after Christ. In
Division II, b, 4 will be found a map of each of these towns, and a description of all
the more important buildings in each. The other three inscriptions are from the neigh-
boring towns of Ksedjbeh, Khirbit il-Khatib and Khirbit Tezin respectively, and were
not discovered by the “American Expedition.”
1073. DAR KITA. House x, 295—6 (?) a.d. A lintel, probably in situ and upon
its original jambs, facing southward on a court in the west-central part of the town,
almost due north of “Trinity Church”. See Div. II, b, p. 192. The wall in which
this doorway now stands is at least partly original, and seems to have been the front
of a dwelling house2. The lintel is 1.98 m. long. The inscription is incised, and all
the letters except the last are clear. The first line begins 12 cm. from the left end
of the stone, and is 1.72 m. long: the letters are 9 cm. high. The second line begins
85 cm. from the left end of the stone, and is 2 or 3 cm. below the first: it is 32 cm.
long, and the letters are 7 to 8 cm. high.
OCAAGriKAICOlTAAlTTAA . , , , , Λ ,
Δ m Οσα λεγι(ς), κα! σο£ τα ο^πλά. ( Ετους) σμτ .
What thou sayest, to thee also (be) the double! (In the year) 344. (295-6 (?) a.d.).
The last three letters appear to be a date. But the last figure is very uncertain.
I believe it to be a T: it may, however, be γ or even γ : if so, the date is 395 or
695 a.d. The formula, σσα λεγεις κ.τ.λ., is one of the oldest found among these in-
scriptions, and for this reason I am the more inclined to the earliest of the three dates:
see A.A.U.S. Ill, p. 39 f. and p. 25; also No. 970 above.
1074. Gateway, 350 a.d. Lintel of a gateway, in situ, at the end of a passage
about eighty yards north of the “Sergius Church”, and at the west side of “House xvii.”
See Div. II, b, p. 189 and the plan of Dar Kita. The gateway faces south. The
1 A.A.£.S. hi, Nos. 56-63 and 64-71 inclusive. 2 On the plan the arrow is wrongly placed.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expedition to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. B, Pt. 4. 16
Part 4 contains thirty inscriptions from the Djebel Barisha. Of these, eighteen
are from Dar Kita and nine are from Babiska: they comprise all the inscriptions known
thus far from these two towns, including those already published by the “American
Expedition” of 1900,1 which are re-published here in order that in Part 4 of Divisions
II and III together as complete a picture as possible may be presented of two com-
munities typical of this region in the period between 300 and 600 after Christ. In
Division II, b, 4 will be found a map of each of these towns, and a description of all
the more important buildings in each. The other three inscriptions are from the neigh-
boring towns of Ksedjbeh, Khirbit il-Khatib and Khirbit Tezin respectively, and were
not discovered by the “American Expedition.”
1073. DAR KITA. House x, 295—6 (?) a.d. A lintel, probably in situ and upon
its original jambs, facing southward on a court in the west-central part of the town,
almost due north of “Trinity Church”. See Div. II, b, p. 192. The wall in which
this doorway now stands is at least partly original, and seems to have been the front
of a dwelling house2. The lintel is 1.98 m. long. The inscription is incised, and all
the letters except the last are clear. The first line begins 12 cm. from the left end
of the stone, and is 1.72 m. long: the letters are 9 cm. high. The second line begins
85 cm. from the left end of the stone, and is 2 or 3 cm. below the first: it is 32 cm.
long, and the letters are 7 to 8 cm. high.
OCAAGriKAICOlTAAlTTAA . , , , , Λ ,
Δ m Οσα λεγι(ς), κα! σο£ τα ο^πλά. ( Ετους) σμτ .
What thou sayest, to thee also (be) the double! (In the year) 344. (295-6 (?) a.d.).
The last three letters appear to be a date. But the last figure is very uncertain.
I believe it to be a T: it may, however, be γ or even γ : if so, the date is 395 or
695 a.d. The formula, σσα λεγεις κ.τ.λ., is one of the oldest found among these in-
scriptions, and for this reason I am the more inclined to the earliest of the three dates:
see A.A.U.S. Ill, p. 39 f. and p. 25; also No. 970 above.
1074. Gateway, 350 a.d. Lintel of a gateway, in situ, at the end of a passage
about eighty yards north of the “Sergius Church”, and at the west side of “House xvii.”
See Div. II, b, p. 189 and the plan of Dar Kita. The gateway faces south. The
1 A.A.£.S. hi, Nos. 56-63 and 64-71 inclusive. 2 On the plan the arrow is wrongly placed.
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