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Simkhar — Shekh Sleman
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■second line of letters. The inscription is rudely incised in deep, broad, irregular strokes
on a plain surface. The letters of the first line are 17 cm. high.
"Οσα λεγις, σοί τά Λπλα.
What thou sayest, to thee the double!
I believe this to have been the lintel of a plain house of the third or fourth
century. On οσα λεγις κτλ. see Nos. 1073, 1125 and 1206, and A. A. E. S. hi, 10.
1208. House (?). On the lintel of a building, apparently a house, facing west, a
short distance southwest of the ■ church. The inscription is incised on the uppermost
band of the mouldings. This band is 2.06 m. long and cm. high. The inscription
is 1.95 m. long, the letters 6 cm. high. Some of the letters are still clear, others are
wholly lost. The 7th, 10th and 22nd are very uncertain. Between H and Γ there is
room for two normal letters. At the end, after Y, there was perhaps one letter more.
ΙΦ6Θ6Α VOCOZOH rNWMWNEloY
I have been altogether unable to decipher this inscription satisfactorily, although
most of the letters are certain, and not more than one letter, at most, can have been
lost from either end. I have thought it possible to read (Εν)σΘε(υ)οσ(α) ζο^ [Εύ]γνω/χωνείου:
Prosperous (be the) life of Eugnomonios, or (Εύ)θε(ί)α (σί)ος fyf ζ°'^[ζ Ευ]γνωμωνείου:
Straight (be the) path of life of Eugnomonios! Compare No. 1199. The name
Εύγυωμονίος occurs in C. I. G. 9449. But I have no confidence in either of these
readings, and it may even be possible that this, the present inscription, is the same as
that published by M. Chapot in B. C. H. xxvi (1902), p. 185, No. 27, from “Kimmar”
in the neighborhood of Kalat Simcan. M. Chapot, how’ever, describes the letters of
his inscription as from, 2 to 3 cm. high. His reading is: + O0EOCBOHCONANI
UJ N N LU , followed by about as much more, which possibly may have formed a second
line overlooked by me.
1209. Near SIMKHAR. Stele, beside the present road, about five minutes’
walk from the town, southward. The stone was found face up, on the east side of
the road : on the west of the road is the socket, cut in the living rock, for this stele.
The edges are broken and weathered, so that my measurements are not strictly accurate:
the stone is about 2.50 m. long, 86 cm. broad and 48 cm. thick. Near the bottom
of the face is a dovetail plate, on which 5 or 6 lines were incised: above the plate
wTere 3 or 4 lines more, and probably a cross. The stele is of lime-stone, and has
evidently been lying face up for a long time: the inscription has almost disappeared.
I could read a few letters here and there, but no word. I suppose this to have been
another boundary stone: see No. 1195; also A. A. E. S. No. 75, No. 28 f. etc.
1210. SHEKH SLEMAN. House, 407 a. d. On a double panel for the balustrade
of the second story of a portico, apparently belonging to a house which faces south,
about the middle of the south side of the ruins. The block is now broken into two
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■second line of letters. The inscription is rudely incised in deep, broad, irregular strokes
on a plain surface. The letters of the first line are 17 cm. high.
"Οσα λεγις, σοί τά Λπλα.
What thou sayest, to thee the double!
I believe this to have been the lintel of a plain house of the third or fourth
century. On οσα λεγις κτλ. see Nos. 1073, 1125 and 1206, and A. A. E. S. hi, 10.
1208. House (?). On the lintel of a building, apparently a house, facing west, a
short distance southwest of the ■ church. The inscription is incised on the uppermost
band of the mouldings. This band is 2.06 m. long and cm. high. The inscription
is 1.95 m. long, the letters 6 cm. high. Some of the letters are still clear, others are
wholly lost. The 7th, 10th and 22nd are very uncertain. Between H and Γ there is
room for two normal letters. At the end, after Y, there was perhaps one letter more.
ΙΦ6Θ6Α VOCOZOH rNWMWNEloY
I have been altogether unable to decipher this inscription satisfactorily, although
most of the letters are certain, and not more than one letter, at most, can have been
lost from either end. I have thought it possible to read (Εν)σΘε(υ)οσ(α) ζο^ [Εύ]γνω/χωνείου:
Prosperous (be the) life of Eugnomonios, or (Εύ)θε(ί)α (σί)ος fyf ζ°'^[ζ Ευ]γνωμωνείου:
Straight (be the) path of life of Eugnomonios! Compare No. 1199. The name
Εύγυωμονίος occurs in C. I. G. 9449. But I have no confidence in either of these
readings, and it may even be possible that this, the present inscription, is the same as
that published by M. Chapot in B. C. H. xxvi (1902), p. 185, No. 27, from “Kimmar”
in the neighborhood of Kalat Simcan. M. Chapot, how’ever, describes the letters of
his inscription as from, 2 to 3 cm. high. His reading is: + O0EOCBOHCONANI
UJ N N LU , followed by about as much more, which possibly may have formed a second
line overlooked by me.
1209. Near SIMKHAR. Stele, beside the present road, about five minutes’
walk from the town, southward. The stone was found face up, on the east side of
the road : on the west of the road is the socket, cut in the living rock, for this stele.
The edges are broken and weathered, so that my measurements are not strictly accurate:
the stone is about 2.50 m. long, 86 cm. broad and 48 cm. thick. Near the bottom
of the face is a dovetail plate, on which 5 or 6 lines were incised: above the plate
wTere 3 or 4 lines more, and probably a cross. The stele is of lime-stone, and has
evidently been lying face up for a long time: the inscription has almost disappeared.
I could read a few letters here and there, but no word. I suppose this to have been
another boundary stone: see No. 1195; also A. A. E. S. No. 75, No. 28 f. etc.
1210. SHEKH SLEMAN. House, 407 a. d. On a double panel for the balustrade
of the second story of a portico, apparently belonging to a house which faces south,
about the middle of the south side of the ruins. The block is now broken into two