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Burdakli. Srir.
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however, is 10, of the lower line 8 cm. The copy is by Professor Littmann, who
judged from the stone itself that the right end is probably complete. From the appear-
ance of the inscription, however, it seems to me more probable that the right end
has been lost.
1. “h Kjwpte c Θεός, [β]ω·<θι [του <?οΰ-
2. λό]υ σου-κ — υου ’ΐωαν [υου. +
Inscr. 1110. Scale 1:20.
+ Lord God help thy servant, , (son) of Ioannes! +.
There is nothing noteworthy in this inscription except the form of the letter H : the
same form is found e. g. in No. 1086, above.
The accusative with βο<Θει occurs often, e. g. in Nos. 970, 1053, 1089, 1095, 1201 ff.
1111. SRIR. Temple, 116 a. d. Fragments, probably of an architrave carried
across the front wall of the cella of a temple. See Div. II, b, p. 236 ff. Fragment
(a) was on the top of pile of blocks near the north-east corner of the building, just
east of the doorway. This was obviously the end of the inscription. The total length
of the block is 73^ cm., its height 67^ cm. The inscription is cm. long: at the
right of it a rectangular hole has been cut, 11 cm. wide and 19cm. high: this hole
has cut off the ends of lines 2 and 3 ; but between the end of the first line and the
hole is a blank space sufficient for three or four letters. Doubtless this hole was made
to support the end of a beam, at some comparatively late time, when the temple was
converted to some other use. At the right of the hole is a blank space, 8 cm. wide.
Obviously the ending of the first line is complete, while from the other lines three
letters at most have been lost. The height of the block is made up of three parts.
The uppermost, 17^ cm. high, probably contained an overhanging cornice which has
been broken off. The second part is 26 cm. high, and had always a plain surface.
The lowest part, now 22 cm., originally probably about 24 cm. high, contains the inscrip-
tion. The letters are 4 cm. high, and are regular and well cut: below the inscription
is a blank space now about ff cm. high.
Fragments (b), (c) and (d) were found were found ten or fifteen feet to the east
of Frag, (a), where someone had recently been breaking up the ancient blocks for new
building material. These three pieces fit together: the maximum length of the block
so formed is about 75 cm., its greatest height is 21 cm. Fragment (b) by itself is
41/3 cm. long, (c) 14 cm., (d) about 57 cm. The letters are of the same height and
form as in Frag, (a): below the inscription is the same blank space, ffcm. high.
When copying the inscription I estimated that, in the first line, between KTH and 0 K P
the space suited three letters rather better than four. At the end of the second line,
after K A, there are traces of a N.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. B, Pt. 5. 19
VP|E □ BEDE LU h 0?
N C D v ΓJ/ i Ku □ / \/ f t-LJ A N
143
however, is 10, of the lower line 8 cm. The copy is by Professor Littmann, who
judged from the stone itself that the right end is probably complete. From the appear-
ance of the inscription, however, it seems to me more probable that the right end
has been lost.
1. “h Kjwpte c Θεός, [β]ω·<θι [του <?οΰ-
2. λό]υ σου-κ — υου ’ΐωαν [υου. +
Inscr. 1110. Scale 1:20.
+ Lord God help thy servant, , (son) of Ioannes! +.
There is nothing noteworthy in this inscription except the form of the letter H : the
same form is found e. g. in No. 1086, above.
The accusative with βο<Θει occurs often, e. g. in Nos. 970, 1053, 1089, 1095, 1201 ff.
1111. SRIR. Temple, 116 a. d. Fragments, probably of an architrave carried
across the front wall of the cella of a temple. See Div. II, b, p. 236 ff. Fragment
(a) was on the top of pile of blocks near the north-east corner of the building, just
east of the doorway. This was obviously the end of the inscription. The total length
of the block is 73^ cm., its height 67^ cm. The inscription is cm. long: at the
right of it a rectangular hole has been cut, 11 cm. wide and 19cm. high: this hole
has cut off the ends of lines 2 and 3 ; but between the end of the first line and the
hole is a blank space sufficient for three or four letters. Doubtless this hole was made
to support the end of a beam, at some comparatively late time, when the temple was
converted to some other use. At the right of the hole is a blank space, 8 cm. wide.
Obviously the ending of the first line is complete, while from the other lines three
letters at most have been lost. The height of the block is made up of three parts.
The uppermost, 17^ cm. high, probably contained an overhanging cornice which has
been broken off. The second part is 26 cm. high, and had always a plain surface.
The lowest part, now 22 cm., originally probably about 24 cm. high, contains the inscrip-
tion. The letters are 4 cm. high, and are regular and well cut: below the inscription
is a blank space now about ff cm. high.
Fragments (b), (c) and (d) were found were found ten or fifteen feet to the east
of Frag, (a), where someone had recently been breaking up the ancient blocks for new
building material. These three pieces fit together: the maximum length of the block
so formed is about 75 cm., its greatest height is 21 cm. Fragment (b) by itself is
41/3 cm. long, (c) 14 cm., (d) about 57 cm. The letters are of the same height and
form as in Frag, (a): below the inscription is the same blank space, ffcm. high.
When copying the inscription I estimated that, in the first line, between KTH and 0 K P
the space suited three letters rather better than four. At the end of the second line,
after K A, there are traces of a N.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. B, Pt. 5. 19
VP|E □ BEDE LU h 0?
N C D v ΓJ/ i Ku □ / \/ f t-LJ A N