Butler Diary: Northern and Central Syria V, 1900

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Nabataean Inscriptions in the Haurân

Between 500 B.C. - 50 B.C. [Suwêdā]]' C.J.S. 162: ' Tomb of Ḳamrat, which built for her Odinat her husband. '

40 B.C.(???) [Boṣra]], on altar with bull-heads; CJS 174: ' (this is) what (was) offered (by) Naṭar'ĕl, son of / Naṭar'ĕl, to the god of Ḳaṣiu / In the year XI of Maliku the king. '

1 B.C. Ḳanawât, stone lying in the temple; CJS 169: ' ....memory / ... stratege, because which / ... ^ erected ^ sepulchre / ... Odainat ....his wife / "

about 1 B.C. - 1 A.D. Sîʿ, fragments of temple-inscriptions, CJS 163, a) good memory for Naleikat, son of Ausîu, son of Mo'aiyeru b) ... and this {watch-tower(?) theatre(?) and guard-house (??) ... c) ....which he built for Ba'alŝamin... d) ...as long as he lived. In peace! II. E.L. Nab. 3: ...the inner and the outer temple .... (different inscriptions)

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5 B.C. Sîʿ, on a stele; E.L. Nab 1: ' In the year BCC / VIII Ḳaṣiu / Ta'agallât, son of Ka'ammeh / son of Pabbū, son of Andū / son of Radif (Darif?), son of Kaṭṭaru / son of 'Abdū, made / this tomb / (for) his wife / Raẖailat, at his own / expenses. ' D

about 1 B.C. - 1 A.D. Sîʿ, fragment of a vase, CJS 167: ' ...bū, Tan'el, son ....' fragment of base of statue, CIS 168 'to (of) Šalm... '

beginning of 1 A.D. Sîʿ, base of statue, found in situ, now in Dublin, CIS 164: ' This is the statue, which erected the family 'Obaiŝat / to Maleikat the son of No'aiyerū, son of Nale'kat / because he made the temple higher /. Kaddu, son of 'Obaiŝat, architect. Peace! ' Sîʿ, CIS 165: ' Holy (??) to the family of Ḳaṣiu. CIS 166, 'Sûdu (Šawârū?) artist ' Both on bases of statues.

1 A.D. Boṣra, several fragments, illegible. CIS 177-179. CIS 180: stone cutter marks on stones in a church built 512, therefore: old material used. The form of Nabataean letters {symbol} and {Symbol} indicate about 1 B.C. - 1 A.D.

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47 A.D. Hebrâu: CIS 170: 1 ' In the month Tiŝrῑ of the year VII of Claudius 2 the emperor. 3 this is the door, which made Nalikū, the son of 4 Ḳaṣiu / (?) the priest of Allât. Say: Peace! ' CIS 171. '[Wa]h ballât, son of Nagyrū' On the breast of a broken statue. (about the same time)

55 A.D. Boṣra, over the door of an old church; CIS 182. 1 ' This is the temple which has built Rūhū, son of Nalikū, son of Aklabū, son of Rūhū, for Allât, their goddess, 2 who is in Ṣalkhad and whom has placed here Rūhū, son of Ḳaṣiu, with (or the great grandfather of) Rūhū the above mentioned, 3 in the month of August, of the year 17 of Nalikū, King of the Nabataeans, son of Ḳaretat, King of the Nabataeans, who loves his people? '

1 A.D. Boṣra, on a sacophagus of black basalt, CIS 173: ' This is the sacophagus , which made Wahbĕl, son of Ausîū, / for Ta'mor his wife, the daughter of 'Abdêlgê / the eparchos? '

ib., on a tombstone; CIS 175: ' Nagênnat, daughter of / Naṭar'ĕl. '

ib. CIS 176: ' This is the altar, / which made Taimū, / the son of Waldân (?) for Baalŝamin (?) the god of Sa'idū. '

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