Tur ʿAbdīn Complete

Description

The study of inscriptions from Tur ʿAbdīn began in the early twentieth century with the work of H. Pognon and was expanded by J. Jarry in 1972; the most recent editions of material from the area were prepared by A. Palmer. Geographically, Tur ʿAbdīn lies in southeastern Turkey, adjoining the Syrian frontier. The region includes roughly eighty villages and close to seventy monasteries, the latter affiliated primarily with the Syriac Orthodox Church. Further reading: Palmer, A., 1987. “A corpus of inscriptions from Tur ʿAbdin and environs”, Oriens Christianus 71, 53 –137. Jarry, J., 1972. "Inscriptions syriaques et arabes inédites du Tur ʿAbdin", Annales islamologiques 10, 207-50. Pognon, H., 1907. Inscriptions sémitiques de la Syrie, de la Mésopotamie et de la région de Mossoul, Paris, no. 22-32; 65-71; 97-116.