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Date: 0503-09Event Factoid: During the seige of Edessa in Elul A. Gr. 814(September A. D. 503) Kavad burned the House of Mar Sergius and the House of the Confessors .

Source Text

81 MS. § 81 Chron. § 81

ܘܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܝܠܘܠ ܕܝܠܗܿ ܕܫܢܬܐ ܗܿܝ ܐܬܐ ܘܫܼܪܐ ܥܠ ܐܘܪܗܝ. ܘܒܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܡܕܡ ܠܐ ܐܚܣܪ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܕܐܘܩܕ ܒܝܬ ܡܪܝ ܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܒܣܠܝܩܐ ܓܪܒܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡ̈ܘܕܝܢܐ.܀

See full text at The Syriac Corpus

Sources:

  • Ignazio Guidi,Chronica Minora. Pars Prior, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.4 (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1903), p: 9.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • Benjamin Harris Cowper,Selections from the Syriac. No. I: The Chronicle of Edessa,Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record NS V, 9 (1864): 28–45, part: 81.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/8559-421, in The Chronicle of Edessa: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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