Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Monastery of Esṭona — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܥܡܘܕܐ " in last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/371
    
        
            
                
                    Monastery of Esṭona
                    ܕܝܪܐ ܕܥܡܘܕܐ
                    ܕܰܝܪܳܐ ܕܥܰܡܘܕܐ
                    دير العمود
                    Pillar Monastery
                    A monastery near Kallinikos.
                    
                        ܒܰܡܕܝܢܬܰ ܩܰܠܘܢܝܩܝ ܥܠ ܣܶܦܬܐ ܣܶܡܳܠܝܬܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܩܳܡܰܬ ܒܫܘܽܟܠܳܠܗ ܩܰܝܣܰܪܬܐ ܬܶܐܘܕܳܘܪܰܐ ܫܢܰܬ  548  ܘܦܰܬܝܘܗܝ ܕܰܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܫܢܰܬ  635  ܥܰܕܰܪ ܠܥܕܬܐ ܒܚܰܕ ܦܰܛܪܝܰܪܟܐ ܘܰܒܥܶܣܪܐ ܐܶܦܝܣܩܘ̈ܦܐ ܥܕܰܡܐ ܠܰܫܢܰܬ 965 . 
                    
                    
                        في مدينة الرقة على الضفة اليسرى من الفرات، تطوعت بعمارته القيصرة ثاودورة 548 + ووسعه الرهبان عام 635 نجد الكنيسة ببطريرك وعشرة اساقفة حتى سنة 965.
                    
                    
                        in al-Raqqa, on the west bank of the Euphrates. The Empress Theodora (d. 548) gave money for its construction and in 635 it was enlarged by the monks. By 956, one Patriarch and ten bishops had graduated from it.
                    
          
                        
                        
                    
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                        The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage
                        
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                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        548
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        512
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
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