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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ܒܢ built by; ܒܫܢܬ In the year; ܒܫܢܬ ... ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ – In the year ... of the era of Antioch
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Dating:
AD 441
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AD 442
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
lintel
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Foundation of a baptistery
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
baptistery
People mentioned:
Description
date: 441/442 CE (the year 490 of the era of Antioch). description: Carved on both sides of the arch of the baptistery's western doorway. Dimensions: H. 0.82 m; W. 2.06 m. Letter height: 3 cm. ed. PAES IVB 11. Cf. TIB 15, p. 1604–1605. ܐܬܒܢܝܬ ܗܕ]ܐ ܒܝܬ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ [ܒ]ܫܢܬ ܐܪܒܥܡܐܐ ܘܬܫܥܝܢ [ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ]] ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ very faint traces: Littmann ‘[There was built] this baptistery [in] the year four hundred and ninety [of Antioch].’ (tr. E. Littmann) Commentary: Littmann notes that this is a very early date for a Syriac inscription, and also makes the baptistery the earliest building of this type in the Limestone Massif.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-08-18 01:03:33
Last update:
2023-11-13 20:30:35
Dimensions: surface: w 2.06 x h 0.82 meter
Condition: Carved on both sides of the arch of the baptistery's western doorway.
Text: Letter height: 3 cm.
Date: 441 CE - 442 CE
(the year 490 of the era of Antioch)
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Qaṣr Iblīsū (Qaṣr Iblīs; Ḳaṣr Iblīsu) 36.241238, 36.569263 Baptistery of the West Church (three-ailsed basilica) baptistery
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: building inscription
Summary:
Inscription from baptistery in Qaṣr Iblīsū (Qaṣr Iblīs; Ḳaṣr Iblīsu). 441 CE - 442 CE.
Changes history: 2022-08-17 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-08-21 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-11-07 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
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1: ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ very faint traces: Littmann
Translation
‘[There was built] this baptistery [in] the year four hundred and ninety [of Antioch].’
(tr. E. Littmann)
Commentary
Littmann notes that this is a very early date for a Syriac inscription, and also makes the baptistery the earliest building of this type in the Limestone Massif.
Bibliography (edition)
- PAES IVB E., Littmann, 1934, Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1905–5 and 1909. Division IV: Semitic Inscriptions. Section B: Syriac Inscriptions, Paris, 11.
Bibliography
- TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1604-1605.