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<teiHeader>
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<title>DIV 6793 Digital Version of the Chronicle of Edessa</title>
<respStmt>
<resp>data entry, conversion to TEI-conformant markup, proof correction</resp>
<name>Yuh-Fen Benda</name>
<name>Anna Kelly</name>
<name>Ben Logan</name>
<name>Taryn Marashi</name>
<name>David Michelson</name>
<name>Tracy Miller</name>
<name>Jessie Pagan</name>
<name>Michelle Taylor</name>
<name>Sunflower Smith</name>
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<sponsor>Vanderbilt University</sponsor>
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<authority>Vanderbilt University DIV 6793 Class</authority>
<pubPlace>Nashville, TN, USA</pubPlace>
<date>Spring 2019</date>
<availability>
<p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
License and may be freely reused with attribution.</p>
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<bibl>
<title level="a"/>
<title level="j">The Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record</title>
<editor>B. Harris Cowper</editor>
<publisher>Williams and Norgate</publisher>
<pubPlace>London</pubPlace>
<date>1864</date>
<citedRange unit="page" from="28" to="45">pp. 28-45</citedRange>
<textLang>English</textLang>
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<p> This project endeavors to create a digital, TEI-conformant version of the Chronicle
of Edessa. </p>
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<body>
<div type="section" n="1">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 1</head>
<p xml:lang="en">1. In the year <date when="0180-01-01">180</date> kings began to rule
in <placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/78">Edessa</placeName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="6">
<p>The year <date when="0465-01-01">465</date>, in the month Tammuz, on the eleventh day
(July 11th, 154 A.D.), <persName>Bardesanes</persName> was born.</p>
<!-- address two dating systems within line-->
</div>
<div type="section" n="7">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 7</head>
<p xml:lang="en"/>
<p>Lucius Caesar, with his brother, subjugated the Parthians to the Romans in the fifth year of his reign.
</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="8">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 8</head>
<p xml:lang="en"/>
<p>In the year The year <date when="0513-01-01">513</date>, in the reign of Severus, and in the reign of Abgar the king, son of Maano the king, in the month Tishrin the latter (<hi rend="italic">i. e.</hi>, November), the fountain of water which proceeds from the great palace of Abgar the great king increased, and it prevailed, and it went up according to its former manner, and overflowed and ran out on all sides, so that the courts and the porches and the royal houses began to be filled with water. And when our lord Abgar the king saw it, he went up to the level ground on the hill above his palace, where dwell and reside those who do the work for the government. And while the wise men considered what to do to the waters which had so greatly increased, it happened that there was a great and violent rain in the night, and the Daisan (river) came, neither in its day, nor in its month. And strange waters came; and they encountered the <hi rend="italic">cataracts</hi> (? flood gates) which were fastened with great pieces of iron which were overlaid upon them, and with bars of iron which supported them. But not prevailing against them, the waters rose like a great sea beyond the walls of the city. And the waters began to come down from the apertures of the wall
into the city. And Abgar the king stood on the great tower which was called that of the Persians, and saw the water by the light of torches, and he commanded, and they took away the gates and the eight <hi rend="italic">cataracts </hi>(? flood-gates) of the western wall of the city where the river flowed out. But that very hour the waters broke down the western wall of the city, and entered the city, and overthrew the great and beautiful palace of our lord the king, and they carried away everything that was found before them, the desirable and beautiful edifices of the city, whatever was near the river on the south and on the north of it. And they destroyed the temple of the church of the Christians. And there were killed by that occurrence more than two thousand men, upon many of whom as they slept in the night the waters came suddenly, and they were drowned, and the city was filled with the sound of lamentation.</p>
<p>
And when Abgar the king saw this destruction which had befallen, he commanded that all the craftsmen of the city should remove their cottages (or huts) from near the river, and that no man should build near the river any cottage. And by the wisdom of measurers and men of skill the cottages were placed so that the breadth of the river might be increased, and they added to its former measure. For if the waters were many and strong, the width of the river was too small to receive the water of twenty-five brooks with what they gathered from all sides. And Abgar the king commanded that all who lived in the porch, and were occupied over against the river, from Tishrin the former to Nisan (October to April), should not lodge in their cottages, except the islanders (Gazireans) who kept the city, five of whom should lodge on the wall above the place where the waters entered the city all the time of winter, and when they perceived by night and heard the sound of strange waters, which began to enter the city, and whoever heard the sound and neglected it, and did not publish it, behold the waters should drown the contempt of him that despised the command of the king. And this commandment was decreed from this time wherein it was so to the end of the world.
</p>
<p>
Our lord Abgar the king commanded, and there was built for him a building for his royal house----a winter house at Tabara ----and there he dwelt all the time of winter; and in summer he came down to the new palace which was built for him at the fountain head. And his nobles also built for themselves buildings to live in, in the neighbourhood in which the king was, in the high street (?) which is called Beth Saharoye. And in order to restore the welfare of the former city, Abgar the king commanded, and the tributes due from those within, and from those who dwelt in towns, and in hamlets, were remitted: and tribute was not demanded from them for five years, until the city was enriched with men, and was crowned with buildings.
</p>
<p>
Now Mar Yahab Bar Shemesh, and Kajuma Bar Magartat, the scribes of Edessa, recorded this event, and the command of Abgar the king: and Bar Din and Bulid, who are prefects over the archives of Edessa, received and deposited it within them as trusted of the city (i.e., archivists.)
</p>
<note place="end" xml:id="note8" n="8"><p xml:lang="en" rend="footnote text"><!-- need text of note(s) --></p></note>
</div>
<div type="section" n="9">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 9</head>
<p xml:lang="en"/>
<p>The year <date when="0614-01-01">614</date>, were broken down the walls of <placeName
ref="http://syriaca.org/place/78">Edessa</placeName> the second time in the days
of Diocletian the king.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="10">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 10</head>
<p xml:lang="en">The year <date when="0551-01-01">551</date>
<persName>Manes</persName> was born.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="11">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 11</head>
<p xml:lang="en">The year <date when="0614-01-01">614</date>, were broken down the walls
of <placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/78">Edessa</placeName> the second time in
the days of <persName>Diocletian the king</persName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="17">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 17</head>
<p xml:lang="en">17. In the year <date when="0649-01-01">649</date>, died <persName>Mar
Jacob</persName>, bishop of <placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/723"
>Nisibis</placeName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="18">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 18</head>
<p xml:lang="en">18. The year <date when="0657-01-01">657</date>,
<persName>Abraham</persName> became bishop in <placeName
ref="http://syriaca.org/place/78">Edessa</placeName>, and he built <placeName>the
house (or church) of the Confessors</placeName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="19">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 19</head>
<p xml:lang="en">19. The year <date when="0660-01-01">660</date>,
<persName>Constantius</persName>, the son of <persName>Constantine</persName>,
built the city of <placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/8">Amida</placeName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="20">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 20</head>
<p xml:lang="en">20. And in the year <date when="0661-01-01">661</date>,
<persName>Constantius</persName> built <placeName
ref="http://syriaca.org/place/200"> Tela</placeName> a city which was called
<placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/200">Antipolis</placeName>.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="21">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 21</head>
<p xml:lang="en">21. The year <date when="0667-01-01">667</date>, <persName>Abraham of
<placeName>Chidon</placeName></persName>, a recluse, became (bishop).</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="22">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 22</head>
<p xml:lang="en">22. In the year <date when="0670-01-01">670</date>,
<persName>Nicomedia</persName> was overthrown.</p>
</div>
<div type="section" n="23">
<head type="editorial" subtype="chronological">Chron. § 23</head>
<p xml:lang="en">23. In the year <date when="0672-01-01">672</date>, <persName>Mar
Abraham</persName>, bishop of <placeName ref="http://syriaca.org/place/78"
>Edessa</placeName>, left the world.</p>
</div>
</body>
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