Tur Abdin mor cyriacus church 1909-4

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Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus Church, south court inscriptions (1911 photo)

Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus church, south court inscriptions (Bell Arch.R207 NcU)

This 1911 photo by Gertrude Bell shows detail of varied inscriptions in one of the excedra of the south court. The wall of this exedra has reused stone blocks, including one with an inscription in Syriac (turned sideways). There are also several areas of graffiti, some from the Crusader era (AD 987-1250), with writing around the incised Greek cross at lower right.
Mor Cyriacus is one of a number of Syriac Christian churches dating from the 4th-6th century AD. Many have unique architectural features combining Late Roman building methods with Byzantine elements, with later features from the Medieval and Crusader periods.
Gertrude Bell first reported these sites in detail in 1909-11, documenting them with photography and extensive notes and maps. The Gertrude Bell Archive is at Newcastle University in England.
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	Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus Church, south court inscriptions (1911 photo) Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus church, south court inscriptions (Bell Arch.R207 NcU)

	This 1911 photo by Gertrude Bell shows detail of varied inscriptions in one of the excedra of the south court. The wall of this exedra has reused stone blocks, including one with an inscription in Syriac (turned sideways). There are also several areas of graffiti, some from the Crusader era (AD 987-1250), with writing around the incised Greek cross at lower right. Mor Cyriacus is one of a number of Syriac Christian churches dating from the 4th-6th century AD. Many have unique architectural features combining Late Roman building methods with Byzantine elements, with later features from the Medieval and Crusader periods. Gertrude Bell first reported these sites in detail in 1909-11, documenting them with photography and extensive notes and maps. The Gertrude Bell Archive is at Newcastle University in England. .
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Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus Church, south court inscriptions (1911 photo)

Tur Abdin: Mor Cyriacus church, south court inscriptions (Bell Arch.R207 NcU)

Mor Cyriacus is one of a number of Syriac Christian churches dating from the 4th-6th century AD. Many have unique architectural features combining Late Roman building methods with Byzantine elements, with later features from the Medieval and Crusader periods.

Gertrude Bell first reported these sites in detail in 1909-11, documenting them with photography and extensive notes and maps. The Gertrude Bell Archive is at Newcastle University in England.

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