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The Old Syriac Inscriptions of Edessa and Osrhoene: Texts, Translations and Commentary
Contributor(s): J. W. Drijvers, Han (Author), F. Healey, John (Author)
ISBN: 9004112847     ISBN-13: 9789004112841
Publisher: Brill
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 1998
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Annotation: This volume contains all the known Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa and the area around Osrhoene in Northern Mesopotamia from the first three centuries C.E., the number of which has substantially increased over the last decades. The texts are given in estrangelo script and are accompanied by an extensive philological and historical commentary. The originals are presented in photographs and line drawings. The volume also contains chapters on the script of these inscriptions, on the language and on the history and culture of Edessa.
Two appendices offer the texts of three parchments written in Syriac and originating from the same area, and of known but still unpublished inscriptions. The book concludes with indices of words and proper names, which are complement to the "Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions ("Brill, 1995), and with a full bibliography.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Arabic
- Architecture | Interior Design - General
- History | Ancient - General
Dewey: 492.311
LCCN: 98043667
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.52" W x 9.64" (1.95 lbs) 376 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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This volume contains all the known Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa and the area around Osrhoene in Northern Mesopotamia from the first three centuries C.E., the number of which has substantially increased over the last decades. The texts are given in estrangelo script and are accompanied by an extensive philological and historical commentary. The originals are presented in photographs and line drawings. The volume also contains chapters on the script of these inscriptions, on the language and on the history and culture of Edessa.
Two appendices offer the texts of three parchments written in Syriac and originating from the same area, and of known but still unpublished inscriptions. The book concludes with indices of words and proper names, which are complement to the Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Brill, 1995), and with a full bibliography.