Nisibis - ܢܨܝܒܝܢ
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“City in Mesopotamia and important center of early Syriac Christianity.” 1
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 37.06667° Long. 41.21667°2
Descriptions
“ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܕܥܰܡܝܪܳܐ ܡܶܢ ܐܰܬܪ̈ܘܳܬܳܐ ܕܰܓܙܝܳܪܐ. ܐܝܬ ܒܶܝܬ ܠܳܗ̇ ܠܡܰܘܨܠ ܚܰܡܫܳܐ ܝܰܘܡ̈ܝܢ. ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢܳܐ ܐܺܝܬܶܝܗ̇ ܡܕܝܢܳܬܘܢܝܬܳܐ ܘܐܝܬ ܬܽܘܒ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ ܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܕܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܰܬ ܦܪܳܬ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܳܐ ܕܒܺܝܪܰܗܓܺܝܟ ܘܡܶܬܝܰܕܥܳܐ ܢܨܺܝܒܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܘܡܳܝܐ.” 3
“مدينة عامرة من بلاد الجزيرة بينها وبين الموصل خمسة ايام وهي اليوم بليدة: ونصيبين ايضا قرية على شاطئ الفرات غربي بيرهجك كانت تعرف بنصيبين الروم.” 4
“400. Nisibis” 1
“a town in the Jazira, five days’ journey from Mosul; today it is a small town. Nisibin is also the name of a village on the west bank of the Euphrates, west of Biricik, formerly known as the Byzantine Nisibin. [Modern name, Nusaybin. (tr.)]” 5
Notes
In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description “ܕܰܓܙܝܳܪܐ” should read “ܕܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ” .
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- 1 H. Takahashi, "Nisibis." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 310-311.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 3, 8, 18, 33, 35, 46, 48, 53, 57, 58, 71, 72, 79 (fig. 29), 110, 143, 145–146, 157, 161, 167–168, 186, 192, 194, 203, 209, 212, 219, 264, 267, 268, 290, 291, 303, 310–311 (with fig. 92), 313, 324, 327, 351, 358, 368, 370, 376, 382, 389, 401, 419–420, 427, 433, map: Map I C1, II C1, III, IV.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 562.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 520.
- 5 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 556.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Nisibis.
- 7 David Wilmshurst, The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium, vol. 582; Subsidia, tomus 104 (Leuven: Peeters, 2000), p: 16, 38, 39, 42, 44-45, 46, 49, 73, 76, 77, 169, 345, 348, 353.
- 8 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: V:233.
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- Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
- Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
- Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
- Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
- Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
- Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz