B.—Page 367.
Considerable discrepancy may be found among the transcripts furnished by travellers in their published works, of the Greek votive inscriptions about the entrance of the cavern of Pan at Banias.
I give the following as the result of careful study of
them in 1849, and again, after the lapse of six years, in 1855, each time examining the writing, under varieties of light and shade, at different hours of the day.
There are some other inscriptions, which are entirely blackened with smoke, in the niches, made perhaps by ancient burning of lamps or of incense there. This is particularly the case in one large hollow made in the rock, which has almost its whole surface covered with Greek writing. Within this hollow a niche is cut out, now empty.
One small niche has its inscription so much defaced by violence that only the letters ΠΑΝ are connectedly legible.
This sculptured niche has no inscription, but only the pedestal on which the statue was placed.
This ornamental niche has beneath it, on a tablet, the words as at present legible.
The inscription in the highest situation is as follows:—
Beneath this is the following:—
Above the smoked recess, but below an upper niche, we find—
In this inscription “the emperors” can mean no others than Vespasian and Titus, who had had one and the same Triumph in Rome on account of the conquest of Judea; and this very title is used in Josephus, (“Wars,” vii. xi. 4,)
It is peculiarly suitable to that place, inasmuch as Titus, previous to leaving the country, had celebrated there the birthday of his brother Domitian, with magnificent public spectacles—amid which, however, more than 2500 Jews were destroyed for popular amusement, by burning, fighting, and in combats with wild beasts.
Although these are copied with much painstaking, there may be errors unperceived in some of the letters; but at least one of the words is misspelt by the provincial artist, namely, ΟΝΙΡΩ.
INDEX OF PLACES.
N.B.—Names with the asterisk are ancient and not modern.
A
Aaron’s tomb [306]
Abadîyeh [80] [106]
Abasiyeh [254]
Abdoon [34]
Abeih [392]
Abu Atabeh [239]
Abu Dis [1]
Abu Mus-hhaf [47]
Abu’n Jaib (Jaim) [337]
Abu Sabâkh [203]
Acre [237]
Adâsa [200]
Afeeri [193]
Afooleh [227]
Ahhsanîyeh [183]
Ai [204]
’Ainab [391]
’Ain ’Anoob [390] [391]
’Ain ’Aroos [324]
’Ain Atha [387]
’Ain Bedawîyeh [240] [244]
’Ain Berweh [241]
’Ain Besâba [390]
’Ain Carem [424]
’Ain Dirweh [151] [194] [290]
’Ain Ghazal [34]
’Ain Ghazal [224]
’Ain Hhood [224]
’Ain Jadoor [41]
’Ain Jidi [333]
’Ain Kaimoon [230]
’Ain Kesoor [392]
’Ain Mel’hh [296]
’Ain Mellâhhah [371]
’Ain Merubba’ [48]
’Ain Merubba’ [417] [419]
’Ain Nebel [259] [266]
’Ain Noom [270]
’Ain Saadeh [235] [245] [250]
’Ain Shems [156]
’Ain Sufsâfeh [231] [250]
’Ain Taäsân [321]
’Ain Weibeh [302]
’Ain Yebrood [89]
’Ain Zera’ah [238]
Aita [265]
Aiturân [387]
Ajjeh [126] [219]
’Ajloon [38] [56] [69] [79]
’Ajoor [153]
’Akir [157]
Alma [108]
’Alman [201]
’Almeet [201]
’Ammân [24-36]
Amoorîah [156]
’Anâta [200] [210]
’Aneen [251]
Annâbeh [127]
’Arabah [301] [320] etc
’Arâbeh [217] etc [251]
’Arâbet el Battoof [241]
’Arâk el Ameer [19]
’Arâk Hala [183]
’Arâk Munshiyah [177]
’Arârah [248]
’Arkoob [147]
’Arkoob Sahhâba [336]
Arzoon [254]
Ascalân [163] [182]
Asdood [164]
’Asfi [234]
’Asker [90]
Atârah [126] [215]
Athleet [224]
Atna [162]
’Attar [183]
Aujeh [133] [134]
Awali [348] [412]
’Azair [244]
’Azoor [355] [377]
B
Bahhjah [239]
Bait Ainoon [290]
Bait Atâb [147]
Bait Dajan [163]
Bait Durâs [162]
Bait Ezkâreh [443]
Bait Hhaneena [200]
Bait Hhanoon [175]
Bait Jala [436]
Bait Jan [271]
Bait Jirja [166]
Bait Jibreen [178] [443]
Bait Nateef [147] [149] [196]
Bait Nejed [176]
Bait Sahhoor in Nasâra [428]
Bait Sahhoor el Wad [428]
Bait Saweer [447]
Bait Soor (see Bezur)
Bait Uksa [140]
Bait Unah [140]
Bait U’oon [257]
Bait Uzan [219]
Bait Ziz (Jiz) [157]
Baka [247] [249]
Bakoosh [435] etc
*Balah [297]
Banias [364] [384] [385]
Barook [354] [376] [407] [411]
*Bashan [66]
Batteer [195]
Battoof [271]
Bayroot [390]
Beerain [291]
Beeri [88]
Beer Eyoob [418]
Beer El Kott [433]
Beer Mustafa [203]
Beer Nebâla [200]
Beer es Seba (Beersheba) [189] etc
Beisan [94] [96] etc
Beka’ el Bashâ [40] [46]
Balameh [221]
Beled esh Shai’kh [235] [245] [247] [250]
Belhhamîyeh [80]
Belka [19] [79]
*Belus [239]
Beni Naim [290] [291]
Beni Saheela [171]
Berasheet [257]
Berberah [165]
Berga’an [45]
Besheet [160]
Buteadeen [405] etc
*Bethany [1]
*Bethlehem [436] [437] [440]
Beth Zacharias [432]
Bezur [152] [194] [430]
Bidias [254]
Bint el Jebail [114] [255] [257] [388]
Bisrah [355] [376]
Boorj (near Hebron) [184] [287]
Boorj (near Saida) [253]
Brair [176]
Burâk [435]
Burka [214] [219]
Bursa [48]
Burtaa [222]
Bursheen [254]
Buwairdeh [321]
C
Caiffa [236]
*Carmel [44] [67] [224]
*Cæsarea Philippi [364]
Cocab el Hawa [80] [82] [83] [103]
Cocaba [360] [381]
Cuf’r Bera’am [121] [388]
Cuf’r Cana [126]
Cuf’r Enji [57]
Cuf’r Hhooneh [358] [378]
Cuf’r Ita [247]
Cuf’r Kara [222]
Cuf’r Menda [244]
Cuf’r Natta [398]
Cuf’r Rai [126] [216]
Cuf’r Rumân [127]
Cuf’r Saba [132] etc
Cuf’r Yuba [58]
Cuferain (beyond Jordan) [9]
Cuferain (near Carmel) [251]
Curnub [297]
D
Dabook [39]
Dahair el Hhumâr [23] [80]
Dahar es Salahh [441]
Daiket ’Arâr [297]
Dair [68]
Dair ’Ammâr [137]
Dair el Belahh [169]
Dair el Benât [448]
Dair Dewân [203] [204]
Dair ed Dubân [177]
Dair Hhanna [240] [272]
Dair el Kamar [400] etc
Dair el Mokhallis [348] [374] [412]
Dair el Musha’al [136]
Dair el Mushmushi [377]
Dair en Nakhâz [182]
Dair Thecla [254]
Dair Yaseen [427]
Daliet Carmel [238]
Daliet er Rohha [238] [251]
Damooneh [241]
*Dan [362]
Dar Joon [349] [353]
Dar Kanoon [254]
Dar Meemas [254]
Dar Shems [254]
Dar Zibneh [254]
Dead Sea [3] [4] [12] [326] etc
Deâneh [197]
Deheedeh [378]
Dejâjeh [157]
Desrah [136]
Dibneh [156]
Dilâthah [107]
Dilbeh [193]
Doherîyeh [192] [193]
Doomeen [238]
Dothan [127] [219] etc
Duhheish’meh [146]
Dürtghayer [254]
E
Ebeleen [242] [247]
Ed Dair [169]
Edjâjeh [157]
Eilaboon [240]
Ekfairât [17]
Ekwikât [239]
Elah [150] [151] [153] [196]
’Elealeh [13] [17] [18]
El ’Areesh [170]
El Hhabees [425]
El Khait [108]
El Kharjeh [208]
El Khud’r [146] [435]
El Mergab [34]
El Muntar el Kassar [34]
Er-Ram (beyond Jordan) [9]
Er-Ram (near Jerusalem) [87]
Er-Rihha [4] [414]
Esak [194]
’Esfia [235] [238]
Es-Salt [12] [17] [33] [41]
Esh-Shemesâni [33]
Esh-Shwaifiyeh [33]
Etam [444]
F
Faghoor [449] etc
Fahh’mah [216]
Falooja [176] [182]
Fârah [108] [260]
Farra’ân [127]
Fendecomia [126] [219]
Ferdisia [127]
Fooleh [227]
Fort [183]
Fountain of Apostles [2]
Furadees [224]
G
*Gadara [77]
*Gath [157] [163] [183]
Ghawair [324] [325]
Ghôr [3] [12] [301]
Ghoraniyeh [5]
Ghujar [370]
Ghutt [183]
Ghuzzeh (Gaza) [166] etc
*Gilboa [67] [102]
Gumrôn [414] 416
H
Haddata [257]
Hadeth [390]
Hafeereh [220]
Haita ez Zoot [257]
Harakat [252]
Herfaish [270]
*Hermon [67] [78] [264] [359] [364] [371]
Hhalhhool [194] [291] [449]
Hhamâmeh [163]
Hhaneen [266]
Hhanooneh [136]
Hharrâsheh [140] [141]
Hharatheeyeh [234] [246]
Hhasbâni [360] [380]
Hhasbeya [360] [379] [381] etc
Hhata [176]
Hhatteen [126] [240]
Hheker Zaboot [13]
Hhesbân [13] [16]
Hhizmeh [201] [209] [210]
Hhooleh (Lake) [361]
Hhooleh [257] [386]
Hhubeen [147]
Hhusân [147]
*Hor [301] etc
*Hormah [299]
Huneen [386]
Hurbaj [236] [247]
I
Idsaid [182]
Iksal [228]
Ilmah [183]
Ineer [376]
Irtâhh [127]
Izereiriyeh [254]
J
Ja’arah [247]
Jadeerah [200]
Jahhârah [386]
Jaida [246]
Jalood [83]
Jâniah [138]
Jarmuk [117] [118] [262]
Jâwah [17]
Jeba’ [126] [219]
Jeba’ (Gibeah of Saul) [208]
Jeba’ [147]
Jebel el Ghurb [297]
Jebel Mâhas [39]
Jebel esh Shaikh (See Hermon)
Jebel Sherreh [305]
Jehâarah [24]
Jelaad [43] [48]
Jelboon (Gilboa) [96] [227]
Jelool [17]
Jeneen [84] [126] [226]
Jerash [18] [48] etc
*Jericho (See Er-Rihha)
*Jeshimon [301]
Jezzeen [357] [377]
Jifna [88]
Jish [114] [115] [121] [261]
Jis’r el Kâdi [399]
Jit [222]
*Jokneam [230]
*Joktheel [337]
Joon [348] [353] [373]
*Jordan [5] [6] [77] [104] [105] [364] [380] [384]
Judaidah [183]
Julis [182]
Jurah [164]
K
Kabâtieh [219]
*Kadesh Barnea [302]
Kadis [107]
Kadita [116]
Kaimoon [230] [250]
Kala’at er Reehha [414]
Kala’at Rubbâd [44]
Kala’at Subeibeh [365]
Kalinsâwa [127]
Kalkeeleh [127]
Kalôneh [426]
Kanneer [223]
Karatiya [176]
Karaweesh [446]
Kasimiyeh [253]
Kassar Waijees [33]
Kayaseer [94]
Keelah [152] [196]
Kelt [3]
Kerak [14] [18] [34]
Khalsah [370]
Khan em Meshettah [17]
Khan Yunas [169] etc
Kharâs [151] [196]
Khash’m Usdum [324] etc
Khatroon [3] [202]
Khirbet el Kasees [442]
Khirbet en Nasâra [183]
Khirbet es Sar [38]
Khirbet Saleekhi [47]
Khirbet Sellim [255]
Khuldah (beyond Jordan) [39]
Khuldah (on the Plain) [157] [196]
Kifereh [83]
Kobaibeh [183]
Krishneh [203]
Kubbet el Baul [297]
Kubeibeh [160]
Kubrus [222]
Kuriet el ’Aneb [179]
Kuriet es Sook [17]
Kustul (beyond Jordan) [17]
Kustul (near Jerusalem) [426]
L
Lahh’m [183]
Laithma [90]
Latroon [427]
Lejjoon [221] [229] [249] [250]
Lesed [149]
Litâni [359]
Lubbân [90]
Lubieh [126] [238]
M
Ma’alool [246]
Ma’an [192] [301]
Main [17]
Maisera [44]
Ma’kook [206]
Ma’naeen [195]
Manjah [17]
Mar Saba [418]
Marseea’ [448]
Martosiyah [183]
Mazaal [224]
Medeba [17]
Mejâma’a [71] [104]
Mejdal [163] [182]
Mejdal Yaba [127] [128] etc
Mekebleh [228]
Menzel el Basha [230]
Merash [183]
Meroon [117] etc
Merj ibn Amer [228] [249]
Merj ed Dôm [187]
Med Merka [34]
Mesdar Aishah [34]
Mesh-had [126]
*Me-Yarkon [158]
Mezer [67]
Mezra’a [19] [140]
Mezra’ah [254]
Mobugghuk [329]
Modzha [224]
Mohhrakah [233] [237]
Mokatta’ [233]
Mokhtârah [407] etc
*Molâdah [296]
*Moreh [90]
Mujaidel [237] [245]
Mukhmâs [207] [210]
Mukhneh [90]
Munsoorah [183]
Mushmusheh [249]
Muzaikah [297]
M’zeera’a [136]
N
Naa’eea [165]
Naamân [239]
Na’ana [157]
Na’oor [18] [19]
Nabloos [44] [90]
Nahhâleen [147] [443] [448]
*Nazareth [126]
Neâb [241]
Neba’ [17]
Nebi Hhood [56]
Nebi Moosa [2]
Nebi Osha [44]
Nebi Samwil [44]
Nebi Sari [136]
Nebi Yunas [290]
*Negeb [145]
*Nimrin [126]
Nooris [83]
Nuba [152] [196]
O
P
*Parah [212]
*Pelesheth [144]
Petra [311] etc
Point Costigan [332]
Point Molyneux [332]
Q
Quarantana [202]
R
Ra’ana [157]
Rabbah [34]
Raineh [126]
Rama [238] [272]
Ram Allah [87] [143]
Rameen [126]
Rami [216]
Ramlah [128] [197]
Ras el Ahhmar [108] [114]
Ras el ’Ain [131] [132]
Ras abu Ammâr [147]
Ras Kerker [135] [137] etc
Rehhanîyeh [251]
Remmoon [203] [205] [206]
Resheef [242]
Rubin [158]
Rumaish [264] [267]
Rumân [48]
Rumâneh [244]
Rummet er Room [376]
Runtieh [136]
S
Safed [107] [117] [262] [372]
Safoot [47]
Sagheefah [183]
Saida [348] [412]
Saidoon [197]
Salem [90]
Salhhah [108] [260]
Salhhi [153]
Salim [226]
Salt Mountain [326]
Samakh [76]
Samek [17]
Samma [71]
Samooniah [246]
Samua’ [187]
Sanneen [254]
Sanoor [126]
Sasa [121]
Sattâf [424]
Sawafeer Mesalkah [182]
Sawafeer Odeh [182]
Sawîyeh [90]
*Scopus [199]
Sebustieh [15] [111] [215] [219]
Se’eer [10]
Seeleh [215] [219]
Seeleh (on Esdraelon) [226]
Sefoorîyeh [240]
*Seir [305] [306]
*Selah [337]
Selwân [1]
Semsem [176]
Semwân [239]
Senâbrah [182]
Setcher (Seeker) [22]
Sha’afât [86]
Shaikh Amân [183]
Shaikh el Bakkar [63]
Shaikh Sâd [231]
Shakrah [257]
Sharon [15] [127] etc
Shefa ’Amer (beyond Jordan) [15]
Shefa ’Amer (near Acre) [240] [242] [243] [247]
Shelâleh [238]
Shemuâta [239]
Shemaniyeh [183]
*Shephêlah [145]
Sheree’ah (See Jordan)
Shereeat el Menâdherah [76]
Shibtain [136]
Shukbeh [136]
Shukeef [254]
Shutta [83]
Sh’waifât [390]
Sh’weikeh (Shocoh) [150] [152] [196] [443]
Sibta [193]
Sik [313]
Sindiâneh [247]
Sinjil [90]
Siphla [145]
Soba [423] [425]
Solam [227]
Sora’a [156]
Santa Anna [179] [183] [443]
Suâmeh [224]
Subarîyeh [223]
Sufâh [299]
Sufsâfeh [231] [250]
Sukhneen [241]
Sumkaniyeh [407]
T
Ta’annuk [221] [226]
Tabakra [47]
*Tabor [44] [67] [226]
Taitaba [107] [116]
Tallooz [48]
Tantoorah [224]
Tarsheehhah [268]
Tayibeh (beyond Jordan) [68] [69]
Tayibeh (near Jerusalem) [205] [213]
Teereh (on Sharon) [136]
Teereh (in Galilee) [266]
Teeri [224] [238]
Tela’at ed Dum [3]
Tell ’Arâd [293]
Tell u’l ’Ejel [169]
Tell el Hajjar [204]
Tell el Kâdi [362] [384]
Tell el Kasees [233]
Tell es Sâfieh [177]
Thekua’ (Tekoa) [337]
Terâbeh [334] [422]
Thuggeret el Baider [33]
*Thuggeret el Moghâfer [48]
Tiberias [78] [105]
Tibneen [255] [264] [387]
Tibneh [156]
Tibni [68]
Timrah [175]
Tool el Ker’m [127]
Tubâs [92]
Tuleh [67]
Tura [254]
Tura’an [126]
U
Umm el ’Aamed [17]
Umm Bugghek [329]
Umm ed Damaneer [47]
Umm el ’Egher [47]
Umm el Fahh’m [248] [249] [251]
Umm Kais [62] [71] [72]
Umm el Kanâter [77] [106]
Umm Malfoof [33]
Umm er Rumâneh [17]
Umm Saidet [183]
Umm Sheggar [17]
Umm es Swaiweeneh [34]
Umm ez Zeenât [251]
Ursaifah [34]
Urtas [435]
W
Wadi Ahhmed [195]
Wadi ’Arab (or Shaikh) [151] [196]
Wadi ’Arab [248]
Wadi ’Aroob [448]
Wadi Bait Hhaneena [424]
Wadi Bedân [91]
Wadi Berreh [82]
Wadi Dubber [417]
Wadi En-nab [91]
Wadi Farah [210]
Wadi Fara’ah [91]
Wadi Fik’r [301]
Wadi Fokeen [147]
Wadi el Hharamîyeh [94]
Wadi Hhuggereh [325]
Wadi el Jaib [301] [322]
Wadi el Kasab [231]
Wadi Keereh [232] [235]
Wadi el Kharnoob [136]
Wadi Mel’hh [230] [232]
Wadi Moosa [316]
Wadi Musurr [150]
Wadi Nemela [318]
Wadi Netheeleh [329]
Wadi Pharaôn [316]
Wadi Soor [151]
Wadi Sunt [150] [154]
Wadi Surar [158]
Wadi Suaineet [207]
Wadi Tayibeh [305]
Wadi Zahari [72]
Weli Jedro [247]
Weli Sardôni [40]
Y
Yaabad [222]
Yabneh [158] [159]
Yaero [126]
Yafah [245]
Yajoor [245] [247] [250]
Yakook [125]
Yarmuk [75]
Yaroon [260] [388]
Yehudîyeh [257]
Z
Zacariah [154]
Zaid [357] [377]
Zebdeh [222]
Zeita [182]
Zenâbeh [127]
*Zephath [299]
Zer’een [67] [83] [226]
Zerka [48] [49]
*Zin [301]
Ziph [152] [292]
Zoghal [328]
Zubairah [17]
Zumâreen [223] [224]
Zuwâtah [219]