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Linguistic features:
Formulae:
ܕܘܟܪܢܐ - remembrance, memory; ܕܥܒܕ who made
Quotations from literary texts:
Dating:
AD 501
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AD 700
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
entablature
People mentioned:
Description
date: Pogon hesitated about the date of this inscription. Eventually, he ascribed it to the fourth century, but giving no convincing arguments. Fourth century is indeed a very early date for any Syriac inscription, and Pognon was certainly wrong in this case. In fact, the inscription must be later, probably dating from the sixth or seventh century when Syriac is widespread in epigraphy. Similarly, Pognon wrongly believed that the mosaic floor found on site had to be made before the Arab rule. description: On a loose block near the village of Arah, probably from an entablature. Written horizontally. Pognon claimed that both the right-hand and left-hand margins were preserved. ed. Pognon 1907, no. 15. ܕܥܒܕ .... ܡܛܪܝܣ ܡܫܡܫܝܐ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ read ܕܗܡܛܪܝܣ Pognon ‘Work of the deacon [De]metrios. Keepsake!’ (tr. after H. Pognon) commentary: Pognon supposed that this was the name of the person who built a monumental tomb. He even expected that the present text was once accompanied by a second inscription recording the name of the deceased. It is possibile since the word ܕܘܟܪܢܐ (remembrance, memory) may point to the funerary context.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-07-18 11:27:56
Last update:
2023-11-13 15:03:17
Building:
unknown
Condition: On a loose block near the village of Arah, probably from an entablature. Written horizontally. Pognon claimed that both the right-hand and left-hand margins were preserved.
Text:
Date: 501 CE - 700 CE
Pogon hesitated about the date of this inscription. Eventually, he ascribed it to the fourth century, but giving no convincing arguments. Fourth century is indeed a very early date for any Syriac inscription, and Pognon was certainly wrong in this case. In fact, the inscription must be later, probably dating from the sixth or seventh century when Syriac is widespread in epigraphy. Similarly, Pognon wrongly believed that the mosaic floor found on site had to be made before the Arab rule.
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Osrhoene Arah (Rumkale; Hṙomklay; Qalʿat ar-Rūm; Qalʿā Rōmāytā) 37.272396, 37.837966 unknown entablature
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: tituli operum
Summary:
Inscription from Arah (Rumkale; Hṙomklay; Qalʿat ar-Rūm; Qalʿā Rōmāytā). 501 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-01-16 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-08-15 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-10-19 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
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1: read ܕܗܡܛܪܝܣ Pognon
Translation
‘Work of the deacon [De]metrios. Keepsake!’
Commentary
Pognon supposed that this was the name of the person who built a monumental tomb. He even expected that the present text was once accompanied by a second inscription recording the name of the deceased. It is possibile since the word ܕܘܟܪܢܐ (remembrance, memory) may point to the funerary context.
Bibliography (edition)
- H., Pogon, 1907, Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul, Paris, 15.