Daniel L. Schwartz (ed.), " Royal winter house — ܒܝܬ ܣܬܘܐ " in last modified August 8, 2018, http://syriaca.org/place/2583 Winter Palace of Abgar VIII ܒܝܬ ܣܬܘܐ A royal residence in the Beth Tabarā area of Edessa, built after the flood of 201. Fearful of a recurrence of the floods, Abgar the Great constructed a 'winter hourse as a royal dwelling' (in one text called a 'castle') on the Citadel mount in, apparently, 205-6. Beth Tabarā Edessa http://syriaca.org/place/2583 Chronica Minora 2 Selections from the Syriac, No. 1: The Chronicle of Edessa 31 Edessa, 'the Blessed City' 17