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[[File:Malatius jaghnoon in a lecture.jpg|264px|thumb|Jaghnoon giving a lecture titled "The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men" in Homs 2015]]
[[File:Malatius jaghnoon in a lecture.jpg|264px|thumb|Jaghnoon giving a lecture titled "The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men" in Homs 2015]]
'''Malatius Jibriel Jaghnoon''', ({{lang-ar| ملاتيوس جبرائيل جغنون}}- born in [[Lattakia]] 1943), is a [[Syrians|Syrian]] engineer and epigrapher specialized in Aramaic and Greek inscriptions. He graduated as a civil engineer from the [[University of Aleppo]] in 1968. His interest in epigraphy led him to learn several ancient languages and he mastered [[Old Aramaic language|Aramaic]] and [[Koine Greek|Greek]] among others. Jaghnoon is also an expert in the [[Ancient South Arabian script]].{{sfn|Suwied|2017}} His epigraphical work inside Syria includes the deciphering of an inscription found on a [[Ancient Rome|Roman era]] sarcophagus from [[Homs]],{{sfn|Feissel|Gatier|2009|p= [http://www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_2009_num_122_2_7960#reg_0035-2039_2009_num_122_2_T7_0549_0000 549]}} a number of [[Syriac language|Syriac]] and Greek inscriptions from an ancient church in [[Tal Eltiten]], an inscription from [[Maarrat al-Nu'man]] and an inscription from the [[agora]] of [[Palmyra]].{{sfn|Suwied|2017}} He is a founding member of The Archaeological Society of [[Homs]] and was elected as head of the society in 2011.{{sfn|SANA|2015}}
'''Malatius Jibriel Jaghnoon''', ({{lang-ar| ملاتيوس جبرائيل جغنون}}- born in [[Lattakia]] 1943), is a [[Syrians|Syrian]] engineer and epigrapher specialized in Aramaic and Greek inscriptions.
==Career==
He graduated as a civil engineer from the [[University of Aleppo]] in 1968. His interest in epigraphy led him to learn several ancient languages and he mastered [[Old Aramaic language|Aramaic]] and [[Koine Greek|Greek]] among others. Jaghnoon is also an expert in the [[Ancient South Arabian script]].{{sfn|Suwied|2017}} His epigraphical work inside Syria includes the deciphering of an inscription found on a [[Ancient Rome|Roman era]] sarcophagus from [[Homs]],{{sfn|Feissel|Gatier|2009|p= [http://www.persee.fr/doc/reg_0035-2039_2009_num_122_2_7960#reg_0035-2039_2009_num_122_2_T7_0549_0000 549]}} a number of [[Syriac language|Syriac]] and Greek inscriptions from an ancient church in [[Tal Eltiten]], an inscription from [[Maarrat al-Nu'man]] and an inscription from the [[agora]] of [[Palmyra]].{{sfn|Suwied|2017}} He is a founding member of The Archaeological Society of [[Homs]] and was elected as head of the society in 2011.{{sfn|SANA|2015}}


==Selected publications==
==Selected publications==

Revision as of 01:45, 25 January 2018

Malatius Jaghnoon
Jaghnoon working on an inscription
Born
Malatius Jibriel Jaghnoon

1943
Lattakia, Syria
Alma materUniversity of Aleppo
Occupation(s)Epigrapher, civil engineer
Known forHead of the archaeological society in Homs
Jaghnoon giving a lecture titled "The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men" in Homs 2015

Malatius Jibriel Jaghnoon, (Template:Lang-ar- born in Lattakia 1943), is a Syrian engineer and epigrapher specialized in Aramaic and Greek inscriptions.

Career

He graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Aleppo in 1968. His interest in epigraphy led him to learn several ancient languages and he mastered Aramaic and Greek among others. Jaghnoon is also an expert in the Ancient South Arabian script.[1] His epigraphical work inside Syria includes the deciphering of an inscription found on a Roman era sarcophagus from Homs,[2] a number of Syriac and Greek inscriptions from an ancient church in Tal Eltiten, an inscription from Maarrat al-Nu'man and an inscription from the agora of Palmyra.[1] He is a founding member of The Archaeological Society of Homs and was elected as head of the society in 2011.[3]

Selected publications

  • Jaghnoon, Malathios (2009). Al-Maqdissi, Michel (ed.). "Note à propos des symboles de la mosaïque de l'église de Taybet el- Imam". Studia Orontica (in French). 6. Bulletin du Centre Syrien de la Recherches Archéologique, Vallé de Oronte, Palais Tabet. OCLC 717465740.
  • Jaghnoon, Malathios (2009). Al-Maqdissi, Michel (ed.). "Note sur quatre sarcophages trouvés à Homs en 2006". Studia Orontica (in French). 6. Bulletin du Centre Syrien de la Recherches Archéologique, Vallé de Oronte, Palais Tabet. OCLC 717465740.
  • Jaghnoon, Malathios (2009). Al-Maqdissi, Michel (ed.). "Note sur les noms anciens de l'Oronte et leurs significations". Studia Orontica (in French). 6. Bulletin du Centre Syrien de la Recherches Archéologique, Vallé de Oronte, Palais Tabet. OCLC 717465740.
  • Jaghnoon, Malathios (2010). Al-Maqdissi, Michel (ed.). "Les inscriptions grecques conservées à Mishirfeh". Studia Orontica (in French). 7–8. Bulletin du Centre Syrien de la Recherches Archéologique, Vallé de Oronte, Palais Tabet. OCLC 717465740.
  • Jaghnoon, Malatius (2010). al-Qayyim, 'Ali (ed.). "الشام والشآم ودمشق وسورية: ما هي معانيها اللفظية (al-Sham and al-Sha'am and Damascus and Syria: What is its Pronunciational Meanings)" (PDF). al-Maʻrifa (in Arabic). 559. Syrian Ministry of Culture. OCLC 727093734.
  • Jaghnoon, Malatius (2010). "الحضور السرياني التاريخي في كنيسة الروم الأرثوذكس (The Historical Syriac Presence in the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch)". The Patriarchal Journal (Syriac Orthodox Patriarchal Journal) (in Arabic). 48. Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East. ISSN 2414-6986. OCLC 36883607.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Suwied 2017.
  2. ^ Feissel & Gatier 2009, p. 549.
  3. ^ SANA 2015.

Sources

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