Nisibis - ܢܨܝܒܝܢ

http://syriaca.org/place/142
"City in Mesopotamia and important center of early Syriac Christianity."1

Names

  • ܢܨܝܒܝܢ3, 9
  • Nisibis2, 6, 7, 11, 12
  • ܡܕܝܢܬܐ10
  • نصيبين4
  • نَصِيبين8
  • Nisibin5
  • Nṣibin2
  • Nusaybin2, 5
  • Ṣoba2
  • Ṣōbā7

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 37.06667° Long. 41.21667°2
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 37.0667780000° Long. 41.2151456000°11

Attestation

Attestation of name نَصِيبين in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. نَصِيبين8 8

Notes

In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܕܰܓܙܝܳܪܐ should read ܕܓܳܙܰܪܬܐ.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 H. Takahashi, Nisibis, in The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 310-311. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: 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, 433map: Map I C1, II C1, III, IV. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 562. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم, كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 520. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 556. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 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