Rome, the Greek World, and the East, Vol. 3 - The Greek World, the Jews, and the East

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Latin Epigraphy 

members of the family. The three bilingual inscriptions come from the Great
Colonnade, and the three Greek ones from the temple of Baalshamin.


.CISII., no.  OGIS, no.   Cantineau,InventaireIII, no.  
Gawlikowski,Syria (): no. .


October,..

Σεπτίμιον ΑἱράνηνὈδ-


αινάθου,τὸνλαμπρό-


τατον συνκλητικόν,


ἔξα[ρχον?τε Παλμυ]ρηνῶν,


Αὐρήλι[ος Φιλῖνο]ςΑὐρ.Ἡλι-


οδώρου[τοῦῬααίου]στρατιώ-


τηςλεγ[εῶνος Κυρηνα]ϊκῆς,τὸν


πάτρωνα,τειμῆςκαὶεὐχα-


ριστίας χάριν,ἕτους γξφ´.


line:or

[..Φλαβιανό]ς


ṢLM’ DNH DY SPṬMYWS ḤYRN BR

’DYNT SNQLṬYQ’ NHYR’ WRŠ

TDMWR DY ’QYM LH ’WRLYS

PLYNOS BR MRY’ PLYN’ R’Y PLḤ’

DBLGYWN’ DY BṢR’ LYQRH BYRḤ

TŠRY DY ŠNT DLXIII

Translation of Palmyrene:

This is a statue of Septimius Hairan, son of Odenathus, most
distinguished senator and head of Tadmor, which Aurelius
Philinus [or Flavianus] son of MRY’ Philinus [or Flavianus] R’Y, a
soldier who (is) in the legion which (is at) Bostra, erected for him,
in his honour. In the month of Tishri of the year .

. Gawlikowski,Syria (): no. . Published by Kh. As‘ad and
M. Gawlikowski, ‘‘New Honorific Inscriptions in the Great Colonnade
of Palmyra,’’AAAS– (–): –, no. .


April,..

ΣεπτίμιονὈδαίνα-


[θον Αἱ]ράνουὈ[υαβ]αλλά-


θ[ου τοῦΝασώρου]λα[μ]πρό-

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