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Brad — Burdj il-Kas 197
published by Waddington under No. 2145; but unfortunately the date of this inscription
is uncertain, because the “era of the city” cannot be determined.1 If the era of
Shakka really began in 61-2 a. d., the date of this inscription would be 132-3 a. d.
However this may be, many believe that the Abercius Inscription, assigned by some
scholars to the end of the second century, contains a reference to ΙΧΘΥΣ as a symbol
■of Christ.2 3 One of the most important inscriptions to be considered in any discussion
■of this matter is No. 1150 above, containing the formula in initials followed by the
words themselves written out in full. Another is No. 971, which contains the words:
το κτίσρ,α Σιλουαυου Λά ΙΧΘΥΣ.
1189. BURDJ IL-I<AS. Lintel, 4ο7 α· °· θη a lintel, in situ, facing south,
in the southern part of the town. Only the doorway and a small part of the adjoining
wall are original: the rest has been rebuilt in comparatively recent times. Div. II, b,
p. 315. The lintel is ornamented with a trapezoidal door-cap. The inscription is
incised on the lowest two fasciae of the cap: these fasciae are 8ξ/3 cm. wide, and
respectively 1.31 and 1.27 m. long. Above the Greek there is an inscription in Syriac,8
which corresponds with the Greek text only in part. The Greek letters are to
51/, cm. high. Copied by Professor Littmann.
■GICOGOCKAIOXAYTOBOHOWN Εις Θεός καί ο Χ(ρστος) αύτ(οΰ) ο βοηθών πασί.
TTACIGTOYCGNYHTTANGH/ZK "Ετους ευυ7, μ(ηυος) ΙΙαυφ.(ου) ζκί
One God and his Christ who aideth all! In the year 455, month Panemos 24 th.
(July, 407)
See the commentary on Nos. 1168 and 1126 above.
1190. Lintel, 493 a. d. On three fragments of a lintel, found together in the
southern part of the town. Fragment a, the left end, is in situ upon the left jamb
of the doorway: it is 76 cm. long. The other fragments, b and c, were found close
by: they are 51 and 76 cm. long respectively. The inscribed band is 7 cm. wide,
and the letters, which are incised, are from 3^ to 5 cm. high. The name KOCH A
is written perpendicularly on the return of the inscribed moulding in line with the jamb.
It is 24 cm. long, and at the end the surface of the band has been destroyed for
about 12 cm. Thus there may have been one or more words after Κοσρ,ά, two or
three letters of which were on the lintel, in the mutilated space, while the rest were
■continued along the jamb. The last name, AGUUNIAOY, is also written perpendicularly,
on the splayed edge of the inscribed band below, i. e. at the left of, KOCH A. After
A G (JU N I Δ Ο Y there appears to be another letter, like a small C, the ends of which reach
the very bottom edge of the lintel. Professor Littmann, who copied the inscription,
was not sure whether there was really a letter here or only an accidental mark on the
stone: it may, however, have been C or 0, and a part of some word continued on the
first block of the jamb.
1 See the commentary on A. A. E. S. Ill, 377.
2 See the article by H. Leclercq in the Dictionnaire tZ’Arclieologie Chretlenne^ I (1907), Col. 66-87.
3 P. A. E. S. Div. iv, b, Syr. 53.
published by Waddington under No. 2145; but unfortunately the date of this inscription
is uncertain, because the “era of the city” cannot be determined.1 If the era of
Shakka really began in 61-2 a. d., the date of this inscription would be 132-3 a. d.
However this may be, many believe that the Abercius Inscription, assigned by some
scholars to the end of the second century, contains a reference to ΙΧΘΥΣ as a symbol
■of Christ.2 3 One of the most important inscriptions to be considered in any discussion
■of this matter is No. 1150 above, containing the formula in initials followed by the
words themselves written out in full. Another is No. 971, which contains the words:
το κτίσρ,α Σιλουαυου Λά ΙΧΘΥΣ.
1189. BURDJ IL-I<AS. Lintel, 4ο7 α· °· θη a lintel, in situ, facing south,
in the southern part of the town. Only the doorway and a small part of the adjoining
wall are original: the rest has been rebuilt in comparatively recent times. Div. II, b,
p. 315. The lintel is ornamented with a trapezoidal door-cap. The inscription is
incised on the lowest two fasciae of the cap: these fasciae are 8ξ/3 cm. wide, and
respectively 1.31 and 1.27 m. long. Above the Greek there is an inscription in Syriac,8
which corresponds with the Greek text only in part. The Greek letters are to
51/, cm. high. Copied by Professor Littmann.
■GICOGOCKAIOXAYTOBOHOWN Εις Θεός καί ο Χ(ρστος) αύτ(οΰ) ο βοηθών πασί.
TTACIGTOYCGNYHTTANGH/ZK "Ετους ευυ7, μ(ηυος) ΙΙαυφ.(ου) ζκί
One God and his Christ who aideth all! In the year 455, month Panemos 24 th.
(July, 407)
See the commentary on Nos. 1168 and 1126 above.
1190. Lintel, 493 a. d. On three fragments of a lintel, found together in the
southern part of the town. Fragment a, the left end, is in situ upon the left jamb
of the doorway: it is 76 cm. long. The other fragments, b and c, were found close
by: they are 51 and 76 cm. long respectively. The inscribed band is 7 cm. wide,
and the letters, which are incised, are from 3^ to 5 cm. high. The name KOCH A
is written perpendicularly on the return of the inscribed moulding in line with the jamb.
It is 24 cm. long, and at the end the surface of the band has been destroyed for
about 12 cm. Thus there may have been one or more words after Κοσρ,ά, two or
three letters of which were on the lintel, in the mutilated space, while the rest were
■continued along the jamb. The last name, AGUUNIAOY, is also written perpendicularly,
on the splayed edge of the inscribed band below, i. e. at the left of, KOCH A. After
A G (JU N I Δ Ο Y there appears to be another letter, like a small C, the ends of which reach
the very bottom edge of the lintel. Professor Littmann, who copied the inscription,
was not sure whether there was really a letter here or only an accidental mark on the
stone: it may, however, have been C or 0, and a part of some word continued on the
first block of the jamb.
1 See the commentary on A. A. E. S. Ill, 377.
2 See the article by H. Leclercq in the Dictionnaire tZ’Arclieologie Chretlenne^ I (1907), Col. 66-87.
3 P. A. E. S. Div. iv, b, Syr. 53.