Event Factoid

https://spear-prosop.org/8559-542
Date: 0540-05Event Factoid: In Iyār A. Gr. 851(May 540) Chosroes broke the peace and invaded Roman territory . He laid waste Shura , Aleppo , and Antioch .

Source Text

105 MS. § 105 Chron. § 105

ܘܒܗܿ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܬܡܢܐܡܐܐ ܘܚܡܫܝܢ ܘܚܕܐ. ܘܒܗܿ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܝܪ ܫܼܪܐ ܟܣܪܘܢ ܡܿܠܟܐ ܕܦܘܪ̈ܣܝܐ ܫܝܢܐ. ܘܥܒܪ ܠܒܝܬ ܪ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ. ܘܚܪܒ ܠܫܘܪܐ ܘܠܚܠܒ ܘܠܐܢܛܝܟܝܐ. ܘܐܦ ܒܐ̈ܦܡܝܐ ܐܫܬܠܛ. ܘܗܦܟ ܘܐܬܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܐܘܪܗܝ. ܒܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܕܝܢ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܢܛܘܪܗܿ ܡܕܡ ܠܐ ܣܪܚ ܒܗܿ. ܐܠܐ ܐܦܩܘ ܠܗ ܪܘܪ̈ܒܢܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ. ܘܫܼܩܠ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܩܢܛܝܢܪ̈ܐ ܕܗܒܐ ܘܗܦܟ ܠܐܬܪܗ.܀

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: 13.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: 105.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/8559-542, 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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