New Inscriptions in Aramaic/Early Syriac and Greek from the Cemeteries of Edessa

Fig. 1: Map of EdessaJ. HealeyRecent years have seen the uncovering of two major cemeteries in Şanlıurfa/Edessa in two areas of the city (see Fig. 1, Map): the first one, in the Kızılkoyun area to the east of Haleplibahçe Caddesi, which runs north from the citadel area and is adjacent to the recently excavated Roman Baths, the villa where the Haleplibahçe mosaics (dated to the 4th/5th cent. AD) were found and the site of the new Archaeological and Mosaic Museums; and the second one, on the s...