Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
This entry incorporates copyrighted material from the following work(s):
Born digital.
This record has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines. Documentation is available at: http://syriaca.org/documentation.
Approximate dates described in terms of centuries or partial centuries have been interpreted into quantitative values as documented in the Syriaca.org guidelines for normalization of dates. See Syriaca.org Guidelines for Approximate Dates.
The
In some cases, maps from print publications have been used as the basis for coordinate data in
The editors have silently normalized data from other sources in some cases. The primary instances are listed below.
The capitalization of names from
The unchanging parts of alternate names from the editions and translations of Barsoum,
Names from the English translation of Barsoum,
Languages codes used in this record follow the Syriaca.org guidelines. Documentation available at: http://syriaca.org/documentation/langusage.xml
City in eastern Anatolia, located near the right bank of the Euphrates and to the north of the main range of the Eastern Taurus.
367. Melitene
ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܘܰܛܒܝܒܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܕܕܘܟܬܳܗ̇ ܩܰܪܝܒܳܐ ܗܝ ܠܢܰܗܪܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܥܰܠ ܣܶܦܬܗ ܕܝܰܡܝܢܳܐ. ܡܶܢ ܐܶܡܗ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܰܡܕܝܢ̈ܬܳܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܶܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܳܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܳܗ̇ ܫܶܬ ܘܚܰܡܫܝܢ ܥܕ̈ܬܳܐ 1049 ܘܡܳܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܕܰܓܒܰܝ̈ܐ ܕܪ̈ܝܫܳܢܐ ܕܝܰܕܘܥ̈ܬܳܢܰܝܗܘܢ
مدينة في ولاية معمورة العزيز كانت مشهورة عظيمة مذكورة واقعة قريبا من نهر الفرات على الضفة اليمنى منه، من امهات مدن السريان كان لهم فيها ست وخمسون بيعة سنة 1049 م. وهي موطن نخبة من اقطاب علمائهم وائمتهم امست اليوم بليدة.
a city in the province of Maʿmurat al-ʿAzīz, near the Euphrates. In the past it was large and famous. It was one of the largest centers of the Syrians, who in 1049 had fifty-six churches there. It was also the birthplace of a number of Syrian learned men. Today it is a small town. (See the biography of Christodolus by Michael, Coptic bishop of Tinnis [d. 1069], in Assemani’s “Confession of the Fathers,” Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2: 145-152, and in the Coptic Patriarchal Library).
Attestation of name