Bostra - ܒܘܨܪ
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“City in the Ḥawrān, present-day southern Syria, ca. 120 fan. south of Damascus.” 1
Place Type
settlement
Location
- Coordinates
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- Lat. 32.516667° Long. 36.483333°2
Descriptions
“ܡܕܺܝܬܘܽܢܳܝܬܐ ܒܚܰܘܪܢ ܘܡܶܬܐܶܡܰܪ ܠܗ̇ ܒܰܨܪܺܝ ܐܰܣܟܺܝ ܫܶܐܡ” 3
“بليدة في حوران ويقال لها بُصرى اسكي شام” 4
“112. Bostra” 1
“a small town in Ḥawrān, now called Eski Shām.” 5
“City in the Ḥawrān, present-day southern Syria, ca. 120 fan. south of Damascus.” 1
Status: published
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Works Cited
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- 1 L. Van Rompay, "Bostra." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 86.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 86, 416, 425, map: Map I A2, II A3.
- 3 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.
- 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: 505.
- 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 552.
- 6 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: I:522.
- 7 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 177, chapter: 3.3.42.
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Additional Credit:
- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
- 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
- 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