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Division III Section B Part 5
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ΑΚΙΚοΥΠΑΡΘΙΚοΥ III
ΜΓΑΙΟύΝΕΙΚΑΝΔΡΟ®
AH ΘεΝτεοΛΦ I ε p wQ
1. ’Ετους] κ' τη[ς Αυ]τοκρά[τορος Νερουα Τραϊανού Καίσαρος Σεβαστού Γερμανικού Δ]ακικού
Παρθικού,
2. ’Ετους τ?κ]υ, μηνος Δείου ακ , Νείκαυ^ρος and about 27 letters in addition to the
5 supplied κ]αί Γάιος Νεικάνδρου,
3· καί ]στουρβαράχου, ταγεντες ε[ about 25 letters and καί ετπμε]-
ληθευτες, άγιέρωσ[αν.
In the 20th year of the Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Dacicus Partitions, in the year 428, month Dios 21st, Nikandros and
Gaios, son of Nikandros, and son of , being appointed
and directing (the work), dedicated (this building). (November, 116 A. D.)
The marks above the first letter of the first line and above the first letter of the
second line, show that the date of this inscription was stated in two ways, first accord-
ing to the reign of the emperor and then according to some era. The titles, pre-
served at the end of the first line, show that this emperor was Trajan. The 20th year
of Trajan was the year 116 a. d., counting from 97 a. d., when Trajan was adopted
by Nerva and received the tribunicia potestas. In the summer of ti6 Trajan received
the title Partitions. In August, 117, he died in Cilicia, while he was still on his way back
from his successful war against the Parthians and his voyage down the Tigris to the Persian
Gulf. The date of the inscription then is November, 116. The hundreds figure, in
the second statement of the date, shows that the Seleucid era must have been employed,
despite the fact that the inscriptions of the Djebel Shekh Berekat \ about ten miles
distant, belonging to the years between 61 and 120 a. d., and the inscription of the
temple at Burdj Bakirha 3, about five miles distant and belonging to the year 161 a. d.,
are undoubtedly dated according to the era of Antioch. Consequently, έτους ηκ] can
be restored at the beginning of the second line.
After έτους κ' τ«ς, in the first line, ηγεμονίας, or some such word, must be under-
stood before Αυτοκράτορος, unless an unusual word, αύτοκρατρίας3, is to be restored. A
parallel to the present inscription, in this respect, occurs in an inscription found by
Professor Magie in 1909 at is-Sanamen4: ’Ετους πε(μ)πτου της Αυτοκράτορος Τιβερίου Κ(λ)αυ-
δίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστού Γερμανικού κτλ.
The patronymic at the beginning of the third line may be Βαραχος, the Aramaic
Barakh5, or some compound, such as Τουρβαραχος6. Consequently the beginning of
this line may have been [καί [στουρ Βαροίχου or [καί ]ς Τουρβαράχου. The
Roman name Astur is not long enough to fill the lacuna; but some Semitic name
might well end in -star. On the other hand καί Γαιος Τουρβαράχου would suit the
space. I suppose that four persons were mentioned here as having had charge of the
building of this temple and afterwards having dedicated it.
1 A.A.E.S. hi, p. 104 ff. 2 A.A.E.S. in, no. 48.
3 See David Magie: De Romanorum iuris publici vocalm Ils etc., p. 68.
♦ Published in this series, hi, A, No. 655, 2. 5 A.A.E.S. ill, 247.
6 Compare Εβιδβορουχος in No. 948 above, and Βικρεχ,βϊίλος in No. 1092.
Division III Section B Part 5
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ΑΚΙΚοΥΠΑΡΘΙΚοΥ III
ΜΓΑΙΟύΝΕΙΚΑΝΔΡΟ®
AH ΘεΝτεοΛΦ I ε p wQ
1. ’Ετους] κ' τη[ς Αυ]τοκρά[τορος Νερουα Τραϊανού Καίσαρος Σεβαστού Γερμανικού Δ]ακικού
Παρθικού,
2. ’Ετους τ?κ]υ, μηνος Δείου ακ , Νείκαυ^ρος and about 27 letters in addition to the
5 supplied κ]αί Γάιος Νεικάνδρου,
3· καί ]στουρβαράχου, ταγεντες ε[ about 25 letters and καί ετπμε]-
ληθευτες, άγιέρωσ[αν.
In the 20th year of the Emperor Nerva Trajan Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Dacicus Partitions, in the year 428, month Dios 21st, Nikandros and
Gaios, son of Nikandros, and son of , being appointed
and directing (the work), dedicated (this building). (November, 116 A. D.)
The marks above the first letter of the first line and above the first letter of the
second line, show that the date of this inscription was stated in two ways, first accord-
ing to the reign of the emperor and then according to some era. The titles, pre-
served at the end of the first line, show that this emperor was Trajan. The 20th year
of Trajan was the year 116 a. d., counting from 97 a. d., when Trajan was adopted
by Nerva and received the tribunicia potestas. In the summer of ti6 Trajan received
the title Partitions. In August, 117, he died in Cilicia, while he was still on his way back
from his successful war against the Parthians and his voyage down the Tigris to the Persian
Gulf. The date of the inscription then is November, 116. The hundreds figure, in
the second statement of the date, shows that the Seleucid era must have been employed,
despite the fact that the inscriptions of the Djebel Shekh Berekat \ about ten miles
distant, belonging to the years between 61 and 120 a. d., and the inscription of the
temple at Burdj Bakirha 3, about five miles distant and belonging to the year 161 a. d.,
are undoubtedly dated according to the era of Antioch. Consequently, έτους ηκ] can
be restored at the beginning of the second line.
After έτους κ' τ«ς, in the first line, ηγεμονίας, or some such word, must be under-
stood before Αυτοκράτορος, unless an unusual word, αύτοκρατρίας3, is to be restored. A
parallel to the present inscription, in this respect, occurs in an inscription found by
Professor Magie in 1909 at is-Sanamen4: ’Ετους πε(μ)πτου της Αυτοκράτορος Τιβερίου Κ(λ)αυ-
δίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστού Γερμανικού κτλ.
The patronymic at the beginning of the third line may be Βαραχος, the Aramaic
Barakh5, or some compound, such as Τουρβαραχος6. Consequently the beginning of
this line may have been [καί [στουρ Βαροίχου or [καί ]ς Τουρβαράχου. The
Roman name Astur is not long enough to fill the lacuna; but some Semitic name
might well end in -star. On the other hand καί Γαιος Τουρβαράχου would suit the
space. I suppose that four persons were mentioned here as having had charge of the
building of this temple and afterwards having dedicated it.
1 A.A.E.S. hi, p. 104 ff. 2 A.A.E.S. in, no. 48.
3 See David Magie: De Romanorum iuris publici vocalm Ils etc., p. 68.
♦ Published in this series, hi, A, No. 655, 2. 5 A.A.E.S. ill, 247.
6 Compare Εβιδβορουχος in No. 948 above, and Βικρεχ,βϊίλος in No. 1092.