Late Antique Historiography

Calculation of the duration of the world

Title(s):
  • Calculation of the duration of the world
  • ܚܘܫܒܢܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܘܝܘܒܠܐ ܙܒܢܐ ܕܢܒܝ̈ܐ ܘܕܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܘܕܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܢ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܘܙܒܢܐ ܕܣܘܢܗܕܣ ܡܫܡܗܬܐ ܘܕܐܒܗ̈ܬܐ ܛܒܝ̈ܒܐ
    (ḥūšbānā d-zabnā d-‘ālmā w-yūbālā zabnā d-nabyē wa-d-malkē wa-d-mdabrānūtā d-māran mšīḥā w-zabnā d-sūnhādās mšamahtā w-d-’abāhātā ṭabībē, Calculation of the duration of the world, the succession of the duration of the prophets and the kings, the earthly life of our Lord the Messiah and the time of the famous synod and of the renowned fathers)
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Period covered:
Creation-4th c.
Language:
Syriac
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Chronicle (chronography)
Remarks:
This chronographic text is unpublished.
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Bibliography:
  • M. Debié (2015) L'écriture de l'histoire en syriaque: Transmissions interculturelles et constructions identitaires entre hellénisme et Islam (Late antique history and religion, 12). Leuven - Paris - Bristol: 217.