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Linguistic features:
Unusual grammar
Formulae:
ܪܚܡ ܥܠܢ – Have mercy upon us
Quotations from literary texts:
ܪܚܡ ܥܠܢ – Have mercy upon us, Psalm 51. Reminiscences of Genesis 30:33.
Dating:
AD 450
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AD 700
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
lintel
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
invocation of God
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
door/window lintel
People mentioned:
Description
date: unknown. description: On the front face of the chapel's doorway lintel. Dimensions (slab): H. 15 cm; W. 102 cm. Letter height 6 cm. ed. Jarry 1967, 154, no. 25. Cf. Peña, Castellana & Fernandez 1980, p. 81; Peña, Castellana & Fernandez 1983, p. 38, 46, 55, 80, 186–189, 255–258, 269; TIB 15, p. 1411. ܐܠܗܐ ܐܠܥܠܡܐ ܪܚܡ ܥܠܢ ‘Dieu d’éternité aie pitié de nous!’ (tr. J. Jarry) ‘Oh God of Eternity, have mercy on us!’ commentary: This exclamation with a request for mercy contains a quotation from Psalm 51. According to Jarry, ܐܠܥܠܡܐ makes little sense from the point of view of grammar. He suggests that the expression could have been patterned on Genesis 30:33: ‘in time to come.’
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-08-11 00:49:07
Last update:
2023-11-13 19:36:40
Building:
chapel
Dimensions: surface: w 102 x h 15 cm
Condition: On the front face of the chapel's doorway lintel.
Text: Letter height 6 cm. Unusual grammar.
Date: 450 CE - 700 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Kusīk (Kūsīk; Kusik; Koussika) 36.268056, 36.5675 chapel door/window lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: Christian inscription
Summary:
Inscription from a chapel in Kusīk (Kūsīk; Kusik; Koussika). 450 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-08-10 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-08-22 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-10-27 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
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‘Dieu d’éternité aie pitié de nous!’ (tr. J. Jarry)
‘Oh God of Eternity, have mercy on us!’
Commentary
This exclamation with a request for mercy contains a quotation from Psalm 51. According to Jarry, ܐܠܥܠܡܐ makes little sense from the point of view of grammar. He suggests that the expression could have been patterned on Genesis 30:33: ‘in time to come.’
Bibliography (edition)
- J., Jarry, 1967, Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord [avec 42 planches], Annales Islamologiques 7, 154, 25.
Bibliography
- I., Peña, P. Castellana, R., Fernandez, 1980, Les reclus syriens : recherches sur les anciennes formes de vie solitaire en Syrie, Jerusalem, 81. I., Peña, P., Castellana, R., Fernandez, 1983, Les cénobites syriens, Jerusalem, 38, 46, 55, 80, 186–189, 255–258, 269. TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1411.