Complete
Linguistic features:
Writing from top to bottom
Formulae:
ܕܘܟܪܢܗ ܠܒܘܪܟܬܐ Blessed be her memory!
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 450
-
AD 700
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
column/pillar
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
; column
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
column
People mentioned:
Name:
TQLʾ/Thekla
Patronym:
Status:
saint
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
female
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Syriac
Name:
Unnamed person
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Benefactor
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
unspecified
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Syriac
Description
For this record, see also Paweł Nowakowski, Sergey Minov, Cult of Saints, E01970 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E01970. date: unknown. Usually such inscriptions come from the period: mid-fifth century – seventh century. description: From the middle section of a column shaft. Height (column): 175 cm. Letter height 3–6 cm. Written vertically. ed. Jarry 1967, 157, no. 31 (CSLA.E01970). Cf. TIB 15, p. 1614. ܩܕܝ]ܫܬܐ ܡܪܬܝ ܬܩܠܐ ܕܘܟ]ܪܢܗ ܠܒܘܪܟܬܐ ‘The holy my Lady Thekla, blessed be her memory!’ (tr. S. Minov) commentary: The main reason to expect that the person mentioned in the inscription is not the donor of the column but rather the famous saint is the adjective ܡܪܬܝ ,‘my Lady’ and the epithet ܩܕܝܫܬܐ (‘holy one’). This is, however, enough, as both epithets were used very frequently with names of saints. Jarry gives mainly some palaeographical remarks. It is difficult if this inscription entitles us to expect the presence of a monastery at the site. For monasteries dedicated to Thekla in Syria, see: Peña 2000, 30, 244–245.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-11-06 23:08:11
Last update:
2023-11-13 21:21:00
Dimensions: surface: h (column): 175 cm
Condition: From the middle section of a column shaft.
Text: Letter height 3–6 cm. Written vertically.
Date: 450 CE - 700 CE
Unknown. Usually such inscriptions come from the period: mid-fifth century – seventh century.
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Qirsalī (Qirsali; Qirsālī; Qīrsālī; Kirsanlī) 36.80925, 37.418842 Unknown 1: Church of Saint Thekla? column
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: honoryfic inscription
Summary:
Inscription for Saint Thekla from Qirsalī (Qirsali; Qirsālī; Qīrsālī; Kirsanlī). 450 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-11-06 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-09-02 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-11-06 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Translation
‘The holy my Lady Thekla, blessed be her memory!’
(tr. S. Minov)
Commentary
For this record, see also Paweł Nowakowski, Sergey Minov, Cult of Saints, E01970 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E01970.
The main reason to expect that the person mentioned in the inscription is not the donor of the column but rather the famous saint is the adjective ܡܪܬܝ ,‘my Lady’ and the epithet ܩܕܝܫܬܐ (‘holy one’). This is, however, enough, as both epithets were used very frequently with names of saints. Jarry gives mainly some palaeographical remarks.
It is difficult if this inscription entitles us to expect the presence of a monastery at the site. For monasteries dedicated to Thekla in Syria, see: Peña 2000, 30, 244–245.
Bibliography (edition)
- J., Jarry, 1967, Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord [avec 42 planches], Annales Islamologiques 7, 157, 31.
Bibliography
- TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1614. I., Peña, 2000, Lieux de pèlerinage en Syrie, Milan, 244-245, 30.