Note 89 — Chapter IX · THE EUPHRATES FRONTIER AND THE PARTHIANS. (continued 2)

This is shown by the inscription of Palmyra (C. I. Gr. 4491, 4492 = Waddington 2600 = Vogué, Insc. sém. Palm. 22) set up to this Hairanes in the year 251 by a soldier of the legion stationed in Arabia. His title is in Greek ὁ λαμπρότατος συγκλητικός, ἔξα[ρχος (= princeps) Παλμυ]ρηνῶν, in Palmyrene “illustrious senator, head of Tadmor.” The epitaph (C. I. Gr. 4507 = Waddington 2621 = Vogué, 21) of the father of Hairanes, Septimios Odaenathos, son of Hairanes, grandson of Vaballathos, great-grandson of Nassoros, gives to him also senatorial rank.