Dedication in Nabataean and Greek to Aphrodite (Al-‘Uzza).  Block of white marble, preserved on the left and at the bottom.
[ ] Kos Isl. — Kos — 9 AD — Clara Rhodos 9 (1938) 137-148 — M. Segre, Iscr. di Cos (1993) EV 259
I.1 [bjrḥ ․․] šnt 18 lḥr[tt]
[mlk nbṭ]w | ῾bd ᾿wšlhj
[br rwḥw] br ῾zqn rb῾t᾿
[wṣlm]t᾿ ll῾z᾿ ᾿lht᾿
5 [῾l ḥjj] ḥrtt mlk nbṭw.
II.6 Αὐσαλλασου Ρουα[ιου]
Ναβαταίου θεᾷ Ἀφροδ̣[ίτῃ]
              εὐχήν.
I, transl.1 “mense . . anni XVIII Aretae,
regis Nabataeorum. dedicavit Aušallahi,
filius Rauḥu filii ῾Azqan sacellum
et statuam deae Al-῾uzza
5 pro salute Aretae, regis Nabataeorum.”
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