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THE DJEBEL HALAKAH.
1103. KFELLUSIN. Colonnade, 473 a. d. On three blocks of architrave
belonging to a two-story colonnade, facing south, and joining, almost at a right angle,
the front of a house which faces west, in the south-east corner of the town. See Div. II,
b, p. 226 f., Ill. 229. The third block, c, is in situ, at the east end of the second
story of the colonnade. The other two blocks are on the ground, and it is possible
that one of them belongs to the architrave of the lower story, while the other belongs
with Block c above. In that case much the same inscription was carved on both
architraves.
Four or more blocks composed the architrave in each story. Block b measures
1.91 m. by 45 cm. The letters are 5 cm. high.
A. +AriLUEUU ELUEAriOE + EIEXYPOCAriUUEA + Τ’Αγιως ώ [Θ]εώς, άγιος + Εισχυρός, ζα-
β. +ΑΓΙΟΕΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΕ+ γιως A +> + άγιος Αθάνατος + [ . . . .
C· ^ΜΕΑΝΘΙΚΟΧΤΟΧΑΚΦΕΤΟνί ;.] . + Μ^νος) Ξανθικοΰ, του ακφ'
έτους.
+ Holy God, holy + Mighty One, + holy Immortal One -p + In (the)
month Xanthikos, of the 521st year. (April, 473 A. D.)
This is the trisagion again: see A.A.E.S. hi, p. 8 f. and page 29 ff.; also No. 868
above. Certainly the words ελεήσου τιμάς, which belong to the trisagion in its original
form, would be expected here, and were probably carved on one of the blocks now
lost. And if so much has disappeared, it is quite possible that the monophysite addition
to the trisagion, σταυρωθείς <3ϊ’ τιμάς, was carved and has been lost also. Cf. C.I.G. 8918.
1104. House, 487 a. d. On a lintel now lying in the ruins of the house adjoining
the colonnade to which the preceding inscription belonged. Originally this lintel was
above the north doorway in the front of the house, facing west, and nearly at right
angles to the front of the colonnade. I do not believe that this house was the
building to which the colonnade originally belonged. See Div. II, b, p. 226 f.
The lintel is 1:90 m. .long, and 65 cm. high. It is ornamented with a trapezoidal
door-cap. On the left of this door-cap are two simple disks with crosses, in the center
a similar disk, and at the right another, now partly broken. The inscription is carved
below the door-cap. It begins 26 cm. from the left end of the stone and is 1.56 m.
long. The letters are 5 to 7 cm. high, and very well cut. Copy by Professor Littmann.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sect. B, Pt. 5. 18
1103. KFELLUSIN. Colonnade, 473 a. d. On three blocks of architrave
belonging to a two-story colonnade, facing south, and joining, almost at a right angle,
the front of a house which faces west, in the south-east corner of the town. See Div. II,
b, p. 226 f., Ill. 229. The third block, c, is in situ, at the east end of the second
story of the colonnade. The other two blocks are on the ground, and it is possible
that one of them belongs to the architrave of the lower story, while the other belongs
with Block c above. In that case much the same inscription was carved on both
architraves.
Four or more blocks composed the architrave in each story. Block b measures
1.91 m. by 45 cm. The letters are 5 cm. high.
A. +AriLUEUU ELUEAriOE + EIEXYPOCAriUUEA + Τ’Αγιως ώ [Θ]εώς, άγιος + Εισχυρός, ζα-
β. +ΑΓΙΟΕΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΕ+ γιως A +> + άγιος Αθάνατος + [ . . . .
C· ^ΜΕΑΝΘΙΚΟΧΤΟΧΑΚΦΕΤΟνί ;.] . + Μ^νος) Ξανθικοΰ, του ακφ'
έτους.
+ Holy God, holy + Mighty One, + holy Immortal One -p + In (the)
month Xanthikos, of the 521st year. (April, 473 A. D.)
This is the trisagion again: see A.A.E.S. hi, p. 8 f. and page 29 ff.; also No. 868
above. Certainly the words ελεήσου τιμάς, which belong to the trisagion in its original
form, would be expected here, and were probably carved on one of the blocks now
lost. And if so much has disappeared, it is quite possible that the monophysite addition
to the trisagion, σταυρωθείς <3ϊ’ τιμάς, was carved and has been lost also. Cf. C.I.G. 8918.
1104. House, 487 a. d. On a lintel now lying in the ruins of the house adjoining
the colonnade to which the preceding inscription belonged. Originally this lintel was
above the north doorway in the front of the house, facing west, and nearly at right
angles to the front of the colonnade. I do not believe that this house was the
building to which the colonnade originally belonged. See Div. II, b, p. 226 f.
The lintel is 1:90 m. .long, and 65 cm. high. It is ornamented with a trapezoidal
door-cap. On the left of this door-cap are two simple disks with crosses, in the center
a similar disk, and at the right another, now partly broken. The inscription is carved
below the door-cap. It begins 26 cm. from the left end of the stone and is 1.56 m.
long. The letters are 5 to 7 cm. high, and very well cut. Copy by Professor Littmann.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sect. B, Pt. 5. 18