商品簡介
This volume contains all the known Old Syriac inscriptions from Edessa and the area around Osthoene in Northern Mesopotamia from the first three centuries C.E., the number of which has substantially increased over the last decades. The texts are given in estrangelo script and are accompanied by an extensive philological and historical commentary. The originals are presented in photographs and line drawings. The volume also contains chapters on the script of these inscriptions, on the language and on the history and culture of Edessa.
作者簡介
Han J. W. Drijvers, Ph.D. is Professor of Semitic Languages and Cultures at Groningen State University.
