sina0115Inscriptions of Israel/Palestinesina0115sina0115 Creator Michael Satlow Brown University Sina 0205

Wadi Haggag, First-fourth centuries CE. Road Inscriptions. Graffiti.

Unknown Sinai Wadi Haggag Rock No. II (Pl. 2a; Map 2)

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Initial Entry

ΑΑΡΩΝ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΥΚΑΙ ΑΛΑΦΑΛΛΑΑΔΕΛΦΩ

Ἀαρών Ἀναστασίου καί Ἀλαφάλλα ἀδελφῷ

Aaron son of Anastasios and Alaphalla his brother

This is a good example of the mixture of names in one and the same family. The father has a Greek name, whereas one of his sons has a biblical name, and the other is typically Nabatean. This last mentioned name is not found in Egypt. It is possible that this is an early Christian inscription of people coming from the Nabatean sphere.

Ἀαρών Ἀναστασίου καί Ἀλαφάλλα ἀδελφῷ

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