Qirsalī; Qirsali; Qirsālī; Qīrsālī; Kirsanlī Complete

Description

A village registered in TIB 15 on p. 1614 as Qirsalī. Also spelt: Qirsali, Qirsālī, Qīrsālī, and Kirsanlī. Situated near Hierapolis-Bambyke/Manbij. Our map shows an approximate location. The main source of knowledge of this site are the epigraphical surveys by Jacques Jarry as part of Tchalenko's expeditions. Klaus Peter Todt and Bernard Andreas Vest in TIB 15 mention only two inscriptions, one divided between two (loose?) blocks and one a column, after the edition by Jacques Jarry. Literature: TIB 15 – Todt, K.P., Vest, B.A., Tabula Imperii Byzantini, vol. 15 (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2014), p. 1614. Inscriptions: Syriac inscription: Jarry, J., "Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord [avec 42 planches]", Annales Islamologiques 7 (1967), no. 31 = CSLA.E01970 (praise to Thecla, on a column). Greek inscription: Jarry, J., "Inscriptions arabes, syriaques et grecques du massif du Bélus en Syrie du nord [avec 42 planches]", Annales Islamologiques 7 (1967), no. 142 (dated 436/437 CE).