Complete
Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ – To the Good Fortune!
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 300
-
AD 320
Language:
Greek
Monumental:
Medium:
lintel
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Foundation of a building; Votive offering
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
lintel
People mentioned:
Name:
Bellichos
Patronym:
Libanios
Status:
person of importance
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Founder
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Polytheistic
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Greek
Description
date: Fourth century (Mouterde and Poidebard, based on another inscription recording the same person who is mentioned here). description: Basalt lintel. Dimensions: H. 44 cm; visible W. 125 cm. Letter height 7.5 cm. Decorated with a moulding with a geometrical pattern. Seen and copied by J. B. Rousseau at Ḥazem eṣ-Ṣerr (?). Published by Mouterde and Poidebard in 1945 from Mazloum and Lauffray’s report who saw it reused in a building (a cistern?) in the north part of the fort at Ḫurayba. ed. Mouterde & Poidebard 1945, 216, no. 54 (from Mazloum and Lauffray’s report). Cf. Mouterde & Poidebard 1945, 140, 200, 227; TIB 15, p. 1310–1311. - ΗΒΕΛΛΙΧΟCΛΙΒΙΑΝΟΥΕΚΤΡΦC[- - -] [ἀγαθῇ τύχ]ῃ. Βέλλιχος Λιβιανοῦ, ἐκ Τρφω[νίου (?)] read perhaps ἐκ Τροφωνίου ἐπιταγῆς Mouterde & Poidebard ‘To the good fortune! (?) Bellichos, son of Libianos, by the order of Trophonion (?).’ (tr. R. Mouterde and A. Poidebard) commentary: Mouterde and Poidebard suggest that this man, Bellichos, also constructed a granary at eṭ-Ṭūba in 326–353 CE (see the three inscriptions in IGLS II 304–306, reportedly brought from aṭ-Ṭūbā to Zabad). They suppose that he was a follower of the polytheistic religion, and that the inscription mentions an oracle from Trophonion, one of oracular caves in the area (coined after the oracle of Trophonios at Lebadeia/Livadeia in Boeotia). Klaus Peter Todt and Bernard Andreas Vest follow their judgement in TIB 15, p. 1311 with the same identification of Bellichos. The inscription was apparently reused in our fort, which was of a later date.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Paweł Nowakowski
Created:
2022-08-19 22:03:25
Last update:
2025-03-31 14:37:10
Building:
Unknown 2
Site:
Ḫurayba; Ḫreybé; Kreybé
Dimensions: surface: w visible 125 x h 44 cm
Condition: Basalt lintel. Decorated with a moulding with a geometrical pattern.
Text: Letter height 7.5 cm.
Date: 300 CE - 320 CE
Fourth century (Mouterde and Poidebard, based on another inscription recording the same person who is mentioned here).
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Ḫurayba (Ḫreybé; Kreybé) 35.335785, 37.458492 Unknown 2 lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: votive inscription
Summary:
Greek inscription from Ḫurayba (Ḫreybé; Kreybé). 300 CE - 320 CE.
Changes history: 2022-08-19 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-11-13 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-11-06 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021apparatus
1: read perhaps ἐκ Τροφωνίου ἐπιταγῆς Mouterde and Poidebard
Translation
‘To the good fortune! (?) Bellichos, son of Libianos, by the order of Trophonion (?).’
(tr. R. Mouterde and A. Poidebard)
Commentary
Mouterde and Poidebard suggest that this man, Bellichos, also constructed a granary at eṭ-Ṭūba in 326–353 CE (see the three inscriptions in IGLS II 304–306, reportedly brought from aṭ-Ṭūbā to Zabad). They suppose that he was a follower of the polytheistic religion, and that the inscription mentions an oracle from Trophonion, one of oracular caves in the area (coined after the oracle of Trophonios at Lebadeia/Livadeia in Boeotia). Klaus Peter Todt and Bernard Andreas Vest follow their judgement in TIB 15, p. 1311 with the same identification of Bellichos. The inscription was apparently reused in our fort, which was of a later date.
Bibliography (edition)
- R., Mouterde, A., Poidebard, 1945, Le limes de Chalcis. Organisation de la steppe en haute Syrie romaine, Paris, 216, 54 (from Mazloum and Lauffray’s report).
Bibliography
- R., Moutrede, A., Poidebard, 1945, Le limes de Chalcis. Organisation de la steppe en haute Syrie romaine, Paris, 140, 200, 227. TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1310–1311.