11-28-2013, 11:34 PM
Akhi memradya,
Here's a funerary inscription from Edessa from about 190AD.
Please tell me how someone from 5th century Edessa would not understand this?
This is identical to the language of the Peshitta - zero change.
)n) br smy) br )shdw
(bdt ly byt )lm) hn)
ly wlbny wl)xy
)l xyy )bgr mry w(bd +bty
I, Bar Simya, son of Ashadu,
made for myself this everlasting house
for myself, and my children, and my brothers
For the life of Abgar, my lord and benefactor.
+Shamasha
Here's a funerary inscription from Edessa from about 190AD.
Please tell me how someone from 5th century Edessa would not understand this?
This is identical to the language of the Peshitta - zero change.
)n) br smy) br )shdw
(bdt ly byt )lm) hn)
ly wlbny wl)xy
)l xyy )bgr mry w(bd +bty
I, Bar Simya, son of Ashadu,
made for myself this everlasting house
for myself, and my children, and my brothers
For the life of Abgar, my lord and benefactor.
+Shamasha