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Observations on a recent article on Syriac inscriptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Extract

The admirable article by Drijvers is a significant contribution to the study of early Syriac texts and certainly calls for further analysis. In the decipherment of lapidary texts the overriding factor is, of course, the script; and, fortunately, monumental Syriac script conforms to a fairly uniform pattern of development. The comments that follow are based principally on epigraphic considerations.

Type
Notes and Communications
Copyright
Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1973

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References

1 Drijvers, H. J. W., ‘Some new Syriac inscriptions and archaeological finds from Edessa and Sumatar Harabesi’, BSOAS, XXXVI, 1, 1973, 114CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

2 BSOAS, XVI, 1, 1954, 16Google Scholar.

3 ibid., 17, 23, 24 (No. 11), 26.

4 See para. 2, above.

5 BSOAS, XVI, 1, 1954, 21Google Scholar.

6 ibid., 24 (No. 11), 26.

7 ibid., 24 (No. 11).