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- IN THE MONTH ELVL OF THE YEAR CCCLX, 
THIS GIFT AND ALTAR WERE PLACED here BY 
: : : : : BADVS, AMRIO’L SHEMS, AND ZEBIDA, THE 
SONS OF MALCHVS, THE SON OF IARIBOL, THE 
SON OF NASA : RICH PRESENTS, or. OFFERINGS, 
were likewife placed on or near the Altar BY MADDA, 
or MATTHA, THE SON OF ABDEBAL, BECAVSE 
THAT, WHEN HE WAS AFRAID OF A HOVSE FAL- 
LING, A SERVANT OF HIS WENT * VP, AND CARRIED 
OFF HIS FATHER, WHO WAS LOCKED, or BOLTED, 
IN; AND FOR THEIR SAFETY, HEALTH, or PRE- 
SERVATION, AS WELL AS FOR THE SAFETY, 
HEALTH, or PRESERVATION, OF HIS BROTHER, 
AND THEIR CHILDREN. 
February 25th, 1754. 
Remarks on thefe Infcriptions. 
1 . It may be , proper to obferve here, that I have 
adhered as clofely to the original Palmyrene, in my 
Latin verfion of thefe three laft infcriptions, which 
are much more abftrufe than the others, as the ge- 
nius of the Latin language would permit ; though 
I have taken greater liberties in the Englifh tranf- 
lation, in order to render them more intelligible 
to the generality of our Englifh readers. 
2. The fourth infcription has been in the main 
extremely well preferved, and difcovers more of the 
true turn and genius of the Palmyrene dialed:, than 
any of the others. Of this NJWVD 3 , IN AD- 
VENTV, though it varies from the pure Syriac 
form ; fn» tf-D, IVXTA SVFFICIENTIAM ET 
PERENNITAT'EM, an idiom that Yufficiently 
points out to us the nature of the language fpoken 
* See Dr. Shaw’s Travels, p. 276. 
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