Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae

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The woro Allati in the soconii line is completoly clostroyocl but I cannotthink abolit anothor worit for this simplo cleclaration of faith.

There are Clear sigias of another two woriis at least in line 4 whicli I amunable to rea l. The worcl a hit ab in lino i scenis clear but it cloes not fit into the rost of the inscription.

The letter k in the hi si anil the soconii lines occupies almost the whole

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Invocation

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Is this inscription reprosonis; as I think stili the remnants of the Greekcultural herilago thon it must have come froin the very late B antine or very early Istamic perio l. The route was biisy with travolers Cither to St. Catherino monastery in Sinai or to Eilat. Travellers anil merchanis continueri tofrequent the routes along the 'Arabali valley Crossing the Negeu plateau to

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Aere altati,

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cro D,

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it an t will rulo Damascus anil the wholo of Syria...' 'The nee i compelle l

hos ore giving another oriter for fui ther clostruction of Jerusalem, anil other forti esses in Syria, alai med by the preparations in Acro for a now Crusacle