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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ḥṭyʾ the sinner
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
-
AD 800
Language:
Greek; Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
the south wall of the crypt (Raum 610)
People mentioned:
Name:
Jakob
Patronym:
Status:
religious_authority
Ethnic allegance:
Semitic
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
priest
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
Nestorian?
Language:
Syriac
Description
date: 6th -8th century CE description: Bilingual Syriac-Greek inscription founded in the south wall of the crypt (Raum 610). An ashlar 55x35x27 cm decorated with geometrical pattern, a rhomboid design frame. In the upper corner of a slightly grooved rhombus are some letters in three vertical columns. The Syriac letters are ca. 0.5-1 cm high. The Greek letters are 1,3-2 cm. ed. Maiberger 1983: 169-170 (ܝܥ)ܩܘܒ ܚܛܝ(ܐ) ἀβ(βᾶς) [yʿ]qwb ḥṭy[ʾ] AB(BAS) "[Ja]kob der Sünder der Abt" commentary: According to Maiberger, the person mentioned by this inscription is probably the same one who was mentioned in line 7 of the stone inscription 1 from the same monastery, as yʿqwb m[ʾr]ī “My lord Jacob”. Hence, we may identify him with the abbot of the monastery at Tel Masos. The deprecatory epithet ḥṭy “sinner” is frequently encountered in Syriac inscriptions and the colophons of the manuscripts. For instance, ʾwsbwn ḥṭyʾ “Eusebon, the sinner” in the inscription from the North church at Deir Sim’an. This derogatory description was adopted in the humble awareness of inadequacy and in the hope of the reader's prayer. Maiberger P. 1983, Die syrischen Inschriften als Quelle zur Geschichte der Nestorianer in Palästina (in) Fritz V., Kempinski A., Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen Auf Der Hirbet El-Msas (Tel Masos) 1972-1975: Teil I, p. 158-185. Fritz V., Kempinski A. 1983, Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen Auf Der Hirbet El-Msas (Tel Masos) 1972-1975: Teil I: Textband. Teil II: Tafelband. Teil III: Plane. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
Author:
Tomasz Barański
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2023-07-26 18:33:25
Last update:
2024-01-25 19:01:35
Building:
Nestorian(?) monastery
Dimensions: surface: cm
Condition: Bilingual Syriac-Greek inscription founded in the south wall of the crypt (Raum 610). An ashlar 55x35x27 cm decorated with geometrical pattern, a rhomboid design frame. In the upper corner of a slightly grooved rhombus are some letters in three vertical columns.
Text: Letter height: Syriac – ca. 0.5-1 cm, Greek – 1,3-2 cm.
Date: 501 CE - 800 CE
6th -8th century CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Palestina Tel Masos (Khirbet al-Msas; Hirbet el-Mšaš) 31.1247, 34.5800 Nestorian(?) monastery the south wall of the crypt (Raum 610)
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: public inscription
Summary:
Bilingual Syriac-Greek inscription from Tel Masos (Khirbet al-Msas; Hirbet el-Mšaš). 501 CE - 800 CE.
Changes history: 2023-07-26 Tomasz Barański Creation; 2024-01-25 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2024-01-25 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Commentary
According to Maiberger, the person mentioned by this inscription is probably the same one who was mentioned in line 7 of the stone inscription 1 from the same monastery, as yʿqwb m[ʾr]ī “My lord Jacob”. Hence, we may identify him with the abbot of the monastery at Tel Masos. The deprecatory epithet ḥṭy “sinner” is frequently encountered in Syriac inscriptions and the colophons of the manuscripts. For instance, ʾwsbwn ḥṭyʾ “Eusebon, the sinner” in the inscription from the North church at Deir Sim’an. This derogatory description was adopted in the humble awareness of inadequacy and in the hope of the reader's prayer.
Bibliography (edition)
- P., Maiberger, 1983, Die syrischen Inschriften als Quelle zur Geschichte der Nestorianer in Palästina, [in:] Fritz V., Kempinski A. Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen Auf Der Hirbet El-Msas (Tel Masos) 1972-1975: Teil I, Wiesbaden, 169–170.
Bibliography
- V., Fritz, A., Kempinski, 1983, Ergebnisse Der Ausgrabungen Auf Der Hirbet El-Msas (Tel Masos) 1972-1975: Teil I: Textband. Teil II: Tafelband. Teil III: Plane, Wiesbaden.