Ǧneyd; Ǧened; ´Genêd Complete

Description

A ruined village called Ǧneyd, aslo: Ǧened and ´Genêd, situated c.18 km to the south-east of as-Safīra (not mentioned in TIB 15). Our map gives an approximate location. The location was briefly mentioned by Alois Musil in 1928, among other villages and hamlets near as-Safīra. Later, the epigraphical evidence from was discussed by René and Paul Mouterde. The contents of the Greek and Syriac inscriptions suggest the presence of a church. Little is known of other buildings. This was reportedly a monastic site. Literature: Musil, A., Palmyrena: A Topographical Itinerary (New York: The American Geographical Society, 1928), p. 198. Syriac inscription: Mouterde, R., Poidebard, A., Le limes de Chalcis. Organisation de la steppe en haute Syrie romaine (Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geutner, 1945), 224, no. 6 and fig. 41. Greek inscription: IGLS II – Mouterde, R., Jalabert, L. (eds.), Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, vol. 2: Chalcidique et Antiochène: nos 257-698 (Paris: P. Geuthner, 1939), no. 279.