A New Syriac Mosaic InscriptionJournal of Semitic StudiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UTEBS6PC/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.John F.HealeyA New Syriac Mosaic Inscriptionhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UTEBS6PChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UTEBS6PChttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UTEBS6PCJournal of Semitic Studies51:22006313-327The article provides the <i>editio princeps</i> of the Syriac inscription in a mosaic depicting Orpheus which is now in the Dallas Museum of Art. The mosaic is from Edessa and is dated 194 CE. It belongs to a series of such mosaics, but predates the other dated examples by over two decades. The inscription refers to the building of the tomb in which the mosaic was originally located and also mentions the profession of the mosaic-maker who made it, using a Syriac term, <i>rasopa</i>, not otherwise attested in Classical Syriac in this sense.
Healey, John F. “A New Syriac Mosaic Inscription.” Journal of Semitic Studies 51:2 (2006): 313–27.
John F. Healey, A New Syriac Mosaic Inscription,Journal of Semitic Studies 51:2 (2006): 313–27.EdessaII CEarchaeologyinscriptions [Syriac]mosaics