Complete
Linguistic features:
Writing from top to bottom
Formulae:
Quotations from literary texts:
ܒܪ ܡܝܡܪܗ – The son of his word (unidentified source).
Dating:
AD 450
-
AD 700
Language:
Syriac
Monumental:
Medium:
stone
Visible:
Accessible:
Has figural depiction:
Has iconoclastic damage:
Activities commemorated:
Name recorded
Funds:
Price:
Placement:
unknown
People mentioned:
Name:
BE MYMRH
Patronym:
Status:
unspecified
Ethnic allegance:
unspecified
Tribal allegane:
none
Family status:
unspecified
Role:
Name recorded
Occupation:
unspecified
Age:
Gender:
male
Religion:
Christianity
Religious denomination:
unspecified
Language:
Syriac
Description
date: unknown. description: Small fragment of a stone slab reused in a modern wall near the town centre. Littmann copied the inscription ‘from horseback,’ (!) in a cursory way. As a result, he doubted about the reliability of his copy. He also supposed that the text could continue on other slabs, either not visible during his visit or omitted because of he was in no position to examine the wall carefully. Written vertically. First recorded by Butler’s American Archaeological Expedition to Syria and published by Enno Littmann in 1904 with a drawing. ed. AAES IV Syr. 3. ܒܪ ܡܝܡܪܗ ‘The son of his word.’ (tr. E. Littmann) commentary: Littmann was unsure if he correctly read the first word, and was, accordingly, unsure about the general sense and meaning of the text. He claimed that at the time of its discovery, it was the ‘southernmost Syriac inscription found in Northern Central Syria’. This inscription is not mentioned in TIB 15.
Author:
Paweł Nowakowski
Added by:
Martyna
Created:
2022-08-05 21:50:11
Last update:
2023-11-13 18:22:40
Building:
unknown
Condition: Small fragment of a stone slab reused in a modern wall near the town centre. Littmann copied the inscription ‘from horseback,’ (!) in a cursory way. As a result, he doubted about the reliability of his copy. He also supposed that the text could continue on other slabs, either not visible during his visit or omitted because of he was in no position to examine the wall carefully. Written vertically.
Text:
Date: 450 CE - 700 CE
Findspot: Unknown
Original location: Syria Kafr Binnī (Kefr-Binné; Kefr Binneh) 36.166111, 36.636111 unknown unknown
Current repository: Unknown
Text type: fragmentary inscription
Summary:
Small fragment of a stone with inscription form Kafr Binnī; Kefr-Binné; Kefr Binneh. 450 CE - 700 CE.
Changes history: 2022-08-05 Pawel Nowakowski Creation; 2023-08-30 Pawel Nowakowski Last modification; 2023-10-26 Martyna Swierk Preparation of EpiDoc file
Publication details: University of Warsaw; Warsaw;
Available under licence CC-BY 4.0
; @2021Commentary
Littmann was unsure if he correctly read the first word, and was, accordingly, unsure about the general sense and meaning of the text. He claimed that at the time of its discovery, it was the ‘southernmost Syriac inscription found in Northern Central Syria’.
This inscription is not mentioned in TIB 15.
Bibliography (edition)
- AAES IV E., Littmann,1904, Publications of an American Archaeological Expedition to Syria in 1899-1900. Part IV: Semitic Inscriptions, New York, Syr. 3.