Event Factoid

https://spear-prosop.org/8559-500
Date: 0538-10-05Event Factoid: On 5 Teshri I A. Gr. 850(5 October A. D. 538) a sign like a spear appeared in the sky above Edessa .

Source Text

96 MS. § 96 Chron. § 104

ܒܫܢܬ ܬܠܬܥܣܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܝܘܣܛܝܢܝܢܐ ܕܐܝܬܝܗܿ ܫܢܬ ܬܡܢܐܡܐܐ ܘܚܡܫܝܢ ܕܐܢܕܩܛܝܘܢܐ ܕܕܘܛܪܐ. ܐܬܿܐ ܕܕܡܝܐ ܠܢܝܙܟܐ ܐܬܚܙܝܬ ܒܫܡܝܐ ܒܚܡܫܐ ܒܬܫܪܝܢ ܩܕܡ

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: 11.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: 104.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/8559-500, 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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