Arameans
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The Arameans, or Aramaeans, were a tribal Semitic people in the ancient Near East, first documented in historical sources from the late 12th century BCE. Their homeland, often referred to as the land
Sin zir Ibni inscription
Si Gabbor stele
Aramean king Hazael of Aram-Damascus
Illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible depicting an Israelite victory over the army of Ben-Hadad, described in 1 Kings 20:26–34
Syriac language
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The Syriac language, also known natively in its spoken form in early Syriac literature as Edessan, the Mesopotamian language and Aramaic, is an Eastern Middle Aramaic dialect. Classical Syriac is the
An 11th-century Syriac manuscript
The Syriac alphabet
Late Syriac text, written in Madnhāyā script, from Thrissur, Kerala, India, 1799
An ancient mosaic from Edessa, from the 2nd century AD, with inscriptions in early Edessan Aramaic (Old Syriac)