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Shekh Sleman
209
high. At the right of the right-hand square is an inscription in Syriac : see Div. IV, b, 62.
The last letter of the second line of b is precisely like the last letter of the first line
of a, by which I judge that it is certainly Z. At the beginning of the third line of B
there is room for one letter, and possibly traces of p: I believe, however, that there
B
+ ETTITDYEEP
LI ΥΤΪΡΖ
οφ W N +
was no letter here.
A
+ MArnDYZ
ΤΠΥΝΧ
ΕΤΠΥΕ
ΙΝΔΕ
+ Μ(·/}νος) Αώου f, τοΰ νχ' έτους, tW. s'.
+ ’Επί τοΰ Σερ-μου, πρ(έ)ζ(βυτέρου) (ηα)ών.
-j- In the month Loos /th of the 650th year, indiction 5.
4- Under Sergios, ovir presbyter. (August, 602 a. d.)
1212. Church. On the lintel of the north door of the “Church of St. Mary”,
the larger of the two churches on the hill southwest of the town. Before the doorway
was a porch with two columns. Div. II, b, p. . The lintel is now broken in
three pieces. The first fragment is 89 cm. long and 591/., cm. high. The inscribed
band is 9 cm. wide: from the beginning of the band to the break the length is 27 cm.
at the top and 31 at the bottom. The letters are incised, and are 7 cm. high. The
second fragment is 1.38 m. long. The third fragment is 97 cm. long; but the inscribed
band is 30 cm. long, from the break to its end. There seems also to be some sort
of a monogram incised on a small disk in relief, in the center of the lintel; but, if so,
I could not decipher it.
1. 2. ' 3.
+ ΑΓΙΑ M A P I A Θ 6 UU T 0 K H B Ο Η Θ I E E P Γ I UU T H K T 0 I veiAmhn
Αγία Μαρία, &εωτόκτ), βοτβι Σεργω ττ/Λτονει. ΑμΆ
+ Holy Mary, mother of God, help Sergios, (the) builder! Amen.
1213. Building. Lintel of a small plain building, facing west, in the southeast
corner of the town. See Div. II, b, p. . The lintel is 2.42 m. long and 45 cm.
high. It has no mouldings. Near the center is a sort of boss, or disk, with a plain
face, 171/3 cm· in diameter. The inscription is incised. The name CEP TIC is 30 cm.
long· the letters 6 cm. high: it begins 12 cm. from the left end of the stone and is
i61( cm. from the bottom. The main line is 1.44 m. long, and 7 cm. from the bottom.
It ends 91^ cm. from the right end of the stone, the space after it being blank. Its
letters are from to 7 cm. high, and deeply cut. Though I was unable to under-
stand the meaning when I made my copy, the letters all seemed to me uncompromisingly
plain and certain. Perhaps the man who carved the inscription was inaccurate, or,
because he attempted an innovation in the customary style, was prevented from finishing
this monument.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. B, Pt. 6. 27
209
high. At the right of the right-hand square is an inscription in Syriac : see Div. IV, b, 62.
The last letter of the second line of b is precisely like the last letter of the first line
of a, by which I judge that it is certainly Z. At the beginning of the third line of B
there is room for one letter, and possibly traces of p: I believe, however, that there
B
+ ETTITDYEEP
LI ΥΤΪΡΖ
οφ W N +
was no letter here.
A
+ MArnDYZ
ΤΠΥΝΧ
ΕΤΠΥΕ
ΙΝΔΕ
+ Μ(·/}νος) Αώου f, τοΰ νχ' έτους, tW. s'.
+ ’Επί τοΰ Σερ-μου, πρ(έ)ζ(βυτέρου) (ηα)ών.
-j- In the month Loos /th of the 650th year, indiction 5.
4- Under Sergios, ovir presbyter. (August, 602 a. d.)
1212. Church. On the lintel of the north door of the “Church of St. Mary”,
the larger of the two churches on the hill southwest of the town. Before the doorway
was a porch with two columns. Div. II, b, p. . The lintel is now broken in
three pieces. The first fragment is 89 cm. long and 591/., cm. high. The inscribed
band is 9 cm. wide: from the beginning of the band to the break the length is 27 cm.
at the top and 31 at the bottom. The letters are incised, and are 7 cm. high. The
second fragment is 1.38 m. long. The third fragment is 97 cm. long; but the inscribed
band is 30 cm. long, from the break to its end. There seems also to be some sort
of a monogram incised on a small disk in relief, in the center of the lintel; but, if so,
I could not decipher it.
1. 2. ' 3.
+ ΑΓΙΑ M A P I A Θ 6 UU T 0 K H B Ο Η Θ I E E P Γ I UU T H K T 0 I veiAmhn
Αγία Μαρία, &εωτόκτ), βοτβι Σεργω ττ/Λτονει. ΑμΆ
+ Holy Mary, mother of God, help Sergios, (the) builder! Amen.
1213. Building. Lintel of a small plain building, facing west, in the southeast
corner of the town. See Div. II, b, p. . The lintel is 2.42 m. long and 45 cm.
high. It has no mouldings. Near the center is a sort of boss, or disk, with a plain
face, 171/3 cm· in diameter. The inscription is incised. The name CEP TIC is 30 cm.
long· the letters 6 cm. high: it begins 12 cm. from the left end of the stone and is
i61( cm. from the bottom. The main line is 1.44 m. long, and 7 cm. from the bottom.
It ends 91^ cm. from the right end of the stone, the space after it being blank. Its
letters are from to 7 cm. high, and deeply cut. Though I was unable to under-
stand the meaning when I made my copy, the letters all seemed to me uncompromisingly
plain and certain. Perhaps the man who carved the inscription was inaccurate, or,
because he attempted an innovation in the customary style, was prevented from finishing
this monument.
Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria, Div. Ill, Sec. B, Pt. 6. 27