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Division III Section B Part 5
€TOYC€ λ Φ M'MKIQI KOYZ ’Ετους ελφ', μ(ηυος) αανθικοϋ ζ'.
Inscr. 1104. Scale 1:20.
In the year 535, Xanthikos yt]l. (April, 487 a. d.)
1105. Tower, 492 or 522 a. d. On a lintel in situ, over the doorway in the
east side of a tower. See Div. II, b, p. 225. The lintel measures 1.20 m. by 75 cm.
The inscription is inscribed on a plain surface, beginning 6 to 8 cm. below the top ot
the stone: both lines together are 20 cm. high, while the letters vary from 41/3 to 11 cm.
in height.
+ GT ο___Φ Η/Σ A N θ I Κ ο Y ΓI N Δς € I ΔI A C A B A TI ο Y
ΔΙ AKob_l___Ce€N ToCGKTUJN ΙΔΙο N Κ0ΤΤ0Ν
+ "Ετο[υς ο(?)]φ', p?(vag) ΞανΘίκοΰ γ', ενό'. st', ό'ίά Σαβατώυ ό'ιακόν[ου, προ]σθεντος εκ των
tthov κόπον.
In (the) year 57°fh month Xanthikos 3rd, indiction 15, through Sabatios, deacon,
who contributed of his own toil. (April, 522 (?) a. d.)
There seems to be room for only one numerical sign after ετο[υς] and before f:
consequently, if the <p itself is correct, the date must be if or [j.f or of, since these
years alone, of the five hundreds, correspond with indiction 15. Towers of this sort, at
least in Northern Syria, commonly belong to the sixth century. Six of them, Nos. 871,
992, 1058, 1087, 1117 and 1120 in this publication, are definitely dated in this century,
while others, for example Nos. 814, 950, 998 and 1056, may be assigned to the same
century with confidence, because of the characteristics of the inscriptions themselves or
of the architecture with which they are connected. One possible exception may be found
above, under No. 829, which may belong to the pre-Christian period. In view, however,
of the late date of the other towers just mentioned, I am inclined to believe that the
date of the present inscription is not earlier than 500 a. d., and that therefore of — 522
a. d. should be restored: Professor Butler prefers an earlier date on account of the
mouldings of the cornice.
Sabatios is doubtless another example of a “birthday name”. The phrase εκ κόπων
occurs in Waddington, Nos. 2142, 2385, 2412 I and 2412 pi compare also έκ καμάτων
and εκ πόνων.
1106. BURDAKLI. Tomb, 164 a. d. On a large, solid block of stone, in the
form of a sarcophagus, covering a simple grave hewn in the rock, on the hill a short
distance northwest of the town. The first line of the inscription is on the border at
the top of the block: this border is 2.69m. long and 22«cm. wide. The full sized
letters of this line are 13 cm. high: some of the vowels however are only 5 or 6 cm.
in height. The second line is on the main face of the block, immediately below the
border: it is 1.92 m. long, 5 cm. high, and begins 9 cm. from the left edge of
the panel.
Division III Section B Part 5
€TOYC€ λ Φ M'MKIQI KOYZ ’Ετους ελφ', μ(ηυος) αανθικοϋ ζ'.
Inscr. 1104. Scale 1:20.
In the year 535, Xanthikos yt]l. (April, 487 a. d.)
1105. Tower, 492 or 522 a. d. On a lintel in situ, over the doorway in the
east side of a tower. See Div. II, b, p. 225. The lintel measures 1.20 m. by 75 cm.
The inscription is inscribed on a plain surface, beginning 6 to 8 cm. below the top ot
the stone: both lines together are 20 cm. high, while the letters vary from 41/3 to 11 cm.
in height.
+ GT ο___Φ Η/Σ A N θ I Κ ο Y ΓI N Δς € I ΔI A C A B A TI ο Y
ΔΙ AKob_l___Ce€N ToCGKTUJN ΙΔΙο N Κ0ΤΤ0Ν
+ "Ετο[υς ο(?)]φ', p?(vag) ΞανΘίκοΰ γ', ενό'. st', ό'ίά Σαβατώυ ό'ιακόν[ου, προ]σθεντος εκ των
tthov κόπον.
In (the) year 57°fh month Xanthikos 3rd, indiction 15, through Sabatios, deacon,
who contributed of his own toil. (April, 522 (?) a. d.)
There seems to be room for only one numerical sign after ετο[υς] and before f:
consequently, if the <p itself is correct, the date must be if or [j.f or of, since these
years alone, of the five hundreds, correspond with indiction 15. Towers of this sort, at
least in Northern Syria, commonly belong to the sixth century. Six of them, Nos. 871,
992, 1058, 1087, 1117 and 1120 in this publication, are definitely dated in this century,
while others, for example Nos. 814, 950, 998 and 1056, may be assigned to the same
century with confidence, because of the characteristics of the inscriptions themselves or
of the architecture with which they are connected. One possible exception may be found
above, under No. 829, which may belong to the pre-Christian period. In view, however,
of the late date of the other towers just mentioned, I am inclined to believe that the
date of the present inscription is not earlier than 500 a. d., and that therefore of — 522
a. d. should be restored: Professor Butler prefers an earlier date on account of the
mouldings of the cornice.
Sabatios is doubtless another example of a “birthday name”. The phrase εκ κόπων
occurs in Waddington, Nos. 2142, 2385, 2412 I and 2412 pi compare also έκ καμάτων
and εκ πόνων.
1106. BURDAKLI. Tomb, 164 a. d. On a large, solid block of stone, in the
form of a sarcophagus, covering a simple grave hewn in the rock, on the hill a short
distance northwest of the town. The first line of the inscription is on the border at
the top of the block: this border is 2.69m. long and 22«cm. wide. The full sized
letters of this line are 13 cm. high: some of the vowels however are only 5 or 6 cm.
in height. The second line is on the main face of the block, immediately below the
border: it is 1.92 m. long, 5 cm. high, and begins 9 cm. from the left edge of
the panel.