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Hermon Mons (Har Senaim). Mid-second century CE to early third century CE. Altar. Dedicatory.
Two fragments of a hard limestone altar
Golan. Hermon Mons (Har Senaim). Temenos area. Found near the entrance of the small lower temple.
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Ὑπὲρ σωτηρίας τῶν κυρια
ῶν αὐτοκρατόρων κέ
ν
μνησθῇ Νέτιρας
Σαχο
For (the) safety and victories/ry of the Lor[d]s Emperors […] may Netiras son of Sachou[os] be remembered (by the diety), [placed?] in charge of the (military?) recor[ds].
These two fragments of one inscription on an altar make up one of a number of Greek inscriptions from Senaim on Mount Hermon. Senaim seems to have functioned as the main cult place for local settlements in the region, an area which was from the Hellenistic period on inhabited by Ituraeans. The inscription was found outside of the entrance to a small temple at the site. The temple itself contained three other altars, one of which bore the figure of Helios. The dimensions of fragments A and B are 22 cm high by 33 cm wide and 24 cm high by 50 cm wide, respectively. A, the left half of the inscription, was discovered in 1988, while B was discovered in 1983. The phrase "For the safety and victory of the lords emperors' is found in other examples from the Syrian/Jordinian region with names specified. The author indicates that the most likely possibilities drawn from these other inscriptions would be either M. Aurelius and L. Verus, M. Aurelius and L. Commodous, or Caracalla, Getta and Julia Domna. Though Julia Domna is mentioned in inscription 9, the author suggests it is more likely that it refers to M. Aurelius and L. Verus, on the eve of the Mesopotamian expedition. These two were mentioned in inscriptions at Phaena and Amman in 163-164 CE and 165-166 CE. The name Netiras is indicated by the author to be well-known and of Semitic origin while the unusual name Sachouos is reported as being attested at least twice from Umm il-Jimal and is equivalent to the Arabic name Shakûḥ. Based on the inscription it seems possible that Netiras was in charge of the records of a Roman auxilary army, though it also is possible these records had to do with civilian matters. The author also indicates that "ακτα" represents acta, a Latin loan word. He suggests that this may indicate "acta militaria" instead of "collegii", but cautions that this cannot be taken for granted. Note that "κης" is probably intended as a correction of "νείκας", and is found in the interlinear space. It can be restored as "νείκης". The author suggests that κὲ ν{ε}ίκα[ς] should instead read καὶ νίκης.