Figure 1
Column console discovered in the sanctuary of Allat. Fourteen lines of Greek are inscribed on the front face, followed by five lines on the left side, and then ten lines of Aramaic continuing after the Greek text (IGLS 127; Yon 2012).
Table 1
Short description of the data collected.
| VARIABLE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| ID | Individual unique ID assigned by the project |
| PAT_number | Unique ID assigned in Hillers and Cussini in 1996 |
| IGLS_number | Unique ID assigned in Yon in 2012 |
| CIS | Unique ID assigned in Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum |
| RES | Unique ID assigned in Répertoire d’épigraphie sémitique |
| Year_min | Earliest possible dating of the inscription; terminus post quem |
| Year_max | Latest possible dating of the inscription; terminus ante quem |
| Language | Language of the inscription (Palmyrene Aramaic, Greek, Latin); in case of multiple languages used within one inscription a compound assignation was used, e.g., GrPal (Greek-Palmyrene) |
| Medium | Stone type (e.g. limestone) |
| Made by | Inscription funded by a private individual/private group or by a public body (e.g. the council; tribe) |
| Indiv? | Inscription funded by an individual or a group |
| Founder | Name of the founder, group of founders, or public body |
| Topic_primary | Main topic of the inscription (e.g. honorific) |
| Topic_secondary | Secondary topic of the inscription, if applicable (e.g. military) |
| Building_type | Type of building or object inscription relates to (e.g. religious_building; religious_column) |
| Object_type | Type of object the inscription is placed on (e.g. statue console) |
| Original_context | Context the inscription securely relates to, either due to content of inscription or found insitu (e.g. Agora) |
| Latitude | Latitude of building the inscription relates to |
| Longitude | Longitude of building the inscription relates to |
| Insitu? | Information whether the inscription was found insitu or not |
| Insitu_context | Insitu context of the inscription |
| Secondary_context | Context the inscription was found or used in which is not the original placement |
| IndA – IndQ | Name of individual(s) named in the inscription |
| IndA_function – IndQ_function | Information on the individual(s) gained from the inscription (e.g. honoree; son; centurio) |
| Names | All names mentioned in the inscription in a list |
| Places | Places (e.g. cities) mentioned in the inscription |
| Gods | Deities mentioned in the inscription |
Figure 2
Top: This plot displays 573 inscriptions (single dots) and their density over time. The date is based on each individual mean date. All inscriptions can be dated to within 25 years period (573 inscriptions, as the four Palmyrene/Greek/Latin inscriptions are not included). Bottom: Chronological distribution of languages dated to within 25 years period (573 inscriptions, as the four Palmyrene/Greek/Latin inscriptions are not included).