Baziher — Batuta — Kefr Antin
203
Εις Θεός
Ύγία.
€IC0€OCOBOH0LUNnACIZOHYriA
One God who helpeth
all. Life!
Health !
Compare Nos. 1126, 1168 etc.
Colonnades at Batuta. Inset. 1201.
d. On the architrave of the
ten are from 3 to 4 cm. high, the others 6 to 8 cm.
1201. BATUTA. Colonnade, 363
second story of a colonnade
or portico, facing south, about
the center of the town. See
Div. II, b, p. 332. The
colonnade is formed by rectan- .
gular piers in the lower story,
and columns in the upper. The
sections of the architrave are
about 2 m. long. The first
from the east end contains five
or six signs, which look like
letters, but which neither Pro-
fessor Littmann nor I could
read. The second, third, fourth
and fifth sections bear the in-
scription, upon a fascia 12 cm.
wide. The letters are in a
single line, except the last ten,
which are in two lines: these
Copied by Professor Littmann.
St ■ A
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. t.·.
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Sec. 4. +BOH0IHAPlAAHNK€CAAlCWNANTOVC
Sec. 5. A P X I T 6 K T 0 N A C€ T € Λ I 0 0 Η € N H Η N I 2 A N Δ·Ι K 0 V T ο V A I Y
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Εις Θεός καί d Χρίστος αυτοΰ, ο βοηθών Μαρίανώ καί τά τέκνα αυτοί.
+ Borpt Μαρια'ώην κε Σαακωναν, τούς αρχιτέκτονας.
Έτελιοθη εν ρ.ηνί Ξαν&κοΰ, τού αιυζ (?) έτος.
One God and hzs Christ who helpeth Marianos and his children.
-j- Help Marzades and Saakonas, the architects!
Finished in the month of Xandikos, of the 411(1) year. (April, 363 (?) a.d.)
The last figure of the date is not absolutely certain : it may be X, instead of Y,
and, if so, the date is 563 a. d.
The name Σαακωνας is the Syriac diminutive of Isaac, in Greek form.
1202. KEFR ANTIN. House (?), 523 a.d. Lintel of the entrance of a small
building, about the center of the ruins. Before the entrance is a vestibule. The lintel
203
Εις Θεός
Ύγία.
€IC0€OCOBOH0LUNnACIZOHYriA
One God who helpeth
all. Life!
Health !
Compare Nos. 1126, 1168 etc.
Colonnades at Batuta. Inset. 1201.
d. On the architrave of the
ten are from 3 to 4 cm. high, the others 6 to 8 cm.
1201. BATUTA. Colonnade, 363
second story of a colonnade
or portico, facing south, about
the center of the town. See
Div. II, b, p. 332. The
colonnade is formed by rectan- .
gular piers in the lower story,
and columns in the upper. The
sections of the architrave are
about 2 m. long. The first
from the east end contains five
or six signs, which look like
letters, but which neither Pro-
fessor Littmann nor I could
read. The second, third, fourth
and fifth sections bear the in-
scription, upon a fascia 12 cm.
wide. The letters are in a
single line, except the last ten,
which are in two lines: these
Copied by Professor Littmann.
St ■ A
■
► -4
jahi· ■: .«·,
. t.·.
Sec. 2. EICOEOCkAlOXPICTOCAVTOVoBo
Sec. 3. Η 0 G) N M A P I A N ω K A I T A T€ K N A A V TO V
Sec. 4. +BOH0IHAPlAAHNK€CAAlCWNANTOVC
Sec. 5. A P X I T 6 K T 0 N A C€ T € Λ I 0 0 Η € N H Η N I 2 A N Δ·Ι K 0 V T ο V A I Y
€TOC
Εις Θεός καί d Χρίστος αυτοΰ, ο βοηθών Μαρίανώ καί τά τέκνα αυτοί.
+ Borpt Μαρια'ώην κε Σαακωναν, τούς αρχιτέκτονας.
Έτελιοθη εν ρ.ηνί Ξαν&κοΰ, τού αιυζ (?) έτος.
One God and hzs Christ who helpeth Marianos and his children.
-j- Help Marzades and Saakonas, the architects!
Finished in the month of Xandikos, of the 411(1) year. (April, 363 (?) a.d.)
The last figure of the date is not absolutely certain : it may be X, instead of Y,
and, if so, the date is 563 a. d.
The name Σαακωνας is the Syriac diminutive of Isaac, in Greek form.
1202. KEFR ANTIN. House (?), 523 a.d. Lintel of the entrance of a small
building, about the center of the ruins. Before the entrance is a vestibule. The lintel