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Tella - ܬܠܐ

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A town east of Edessa and west of Mardin.

Names

  • ܬܠܐ2, 7
  • Tella1, 4
  • ܘܶܝܪܰܐܢܫܰܗܝܪ2
  • ܡܕܝܢܬܐ8
  • ܬܶܠ ܡܰܘܙܠܰܬ2
  • تلا3
  • تل مَوْزَن6
  • تلّ موزلث3
  • تلّ موزن3
  • ويران شهر3
  • Constantina1
  • Mawzan4
  • Tell Mawzalt4
  • Viransehir5
  • Wayran Shahr4

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 37.233333° Long. 39.766666°1

Descriptions

“ܡܕܝܺܢܬܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܡܫܰܟܠܠܬܐ ܕܒܶܝܬ ܡܰܪܕܝܢ ܠܐܘܪܗܳܝ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܬܪܶܝܢ ܡܰܫ̈ܩܠܝܢ ܡܶܢ ܩܰܕܡܳܝܬܐ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܡܕܝܢܬܽܘܢܳܝܬܳܐ ܗܝ ܕܡܶܬܶܐܡܰܪ ܠܗ̇ ܘܶܝܪܰܐܢܫܰܗܝܪ.” 2
“كانت مدينة عامرة بين ماردين والرها مسافة مرحلتين عن الاولى. وهي اليوم بليدة يقال لها ويران شهر” 3
A town east of Edessa and west of Mardin.
“once a flourishing town between Mardin and Edessa, about two leagues from Mardin. Today it is a small village called Wayran Shahr.” 4

Attestation

Attestation of name تل مَوْزَن in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. تل مَوْزَن6 6

Notes

Moosa's transcription "Wayran Shahr" should be "Viranşehir".
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 114, 267, 325, 419, 431, 447, map: Map I B1, II B1, III.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 537-538.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 505.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 559.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 David Wilmshurst, The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913, CSCO 582, Subs. 104 (Louvain: Peeters, 2000), p: 76.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: II:52.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 50; 276; 308; 309; 313; 238, chapter: 3.1.41; 3.6.13; 3.6.17; 3.6.26.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 329, chapter: 3.6.26.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tella — ܬܠܐ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/200.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Tella — ܬܠܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/200.

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Additional Credit:

  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Wilmshurst index information entry by Anthony Davis
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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