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Linguistic features:
unusual passive voice
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
ܐܨܬܠܒ ܡܪܢ ܡܛܠܬܢ – our Lord was crucified for us
Dating:
AD 501
-
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 a large displaced lintel stone. Found still inside the church to which it belonged. Dimensions of the inscribed field: H. 9 cm; W. 57 cm. Letter height 4 cm. ed. Jarry 1967, 207, no. 151. Cf. Tchalenko, Villages III, 89; Peña, Castellana, Fernandez, Cénobites 38, 46, 49, 176–177, 240, 253–254; TIB 15, p. 1124. ܐܨܬܠܒ ܡܪܢ ܡܛܠ[ܬܢ read ܐܨܛܠܒ Jarry ‘Notre Seigneur a été crucifié pour nous.’ (tr. J. Jarry) ‘Our Lord was crucified for us.’ commentary: Jarry notes a spelling inconsistency: ܨܠܒ has as the normative passive form ܐܨܛܠܒ ‘crucify’/‘be crucified’. Klaus Peter Todt and Bernard Andreas Vest in TIB 15 accepted Jarry’s interpretation and conjecture.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-07-29 21:29:27
Last update:
2023-11-13 17:50:11
Dimensions: surface: w 57 x h 9 cm
Condition: On a large displaced lintel stone. Found still inside the church to which it belonged.
Text: Letter height 4 cm. Unusual passive voice.
Date: 501 CE - 700 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Duwayr Rīḥ (Doueir Riḥ; Dayr Rīḥ; Burǧ ad-Duwayrīḥ; Rīḥ; ar-Rīḥ) 36.126663, 36.524126 church door/window lintel
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: monumental inscription
Summary:
Monumental inscription from Duwayr Rīḥ (Doueir Riḥ; Dayr Rīḥ; Burǧ ad-Duwayrīḥ; Rīḥ; ar-Rīḥ). 501 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-07-29 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-11-13 Martyna Swierk Last modification; 2023-10-23 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
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1: read ܐܨܛܠܒ Jarry
Translation
‘Notre Seigneur a été crucifié pour nous.’ (tr. J. Jarry)
‘Our Lord was crucified for us.’
Commentary
Jarry notes a spelling inconsistency: ܨܠܒ has as the normative passive form ܐܨܛܠܒ ‘crucify’/‘be crucified’. Johannes Koder in TIB 15 accepted Jarry’s interpretation and conjecture.
Bibliography (edition)
- J., Jarry,1967, Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord (suite) [avec 9 planches], Annales Islamologiques 9, 207, 151.
Bibliography
- G., Tchalenko, 1958, Villages antiques de la Syrie du Nord: Le Massif du Bélus a l'époque romaine 3, Paris, 89. I., Peña, P., Castellana, R., Fernandez, 1983, Les cénobites syriens, Jerusalem, 38, 46, 49, 176–177, 240, 253–254. TIB 15 K.-P., Todt, B. A., Vest, 2014, Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Vienna, 1124.