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326: 320: 141:, by contrast, report that there was a span of two years following Abgar VII's death where Edessa had no king before the Abgar dynasty was reinstated by the 369: 299: 270: 247: 398: 403: 362: 388: 114: 355: 289: 258: 237: 8: 393: 263:
The old Syriac inscriptions of Edessa & Osrhoene: Texts, translations, and commentary
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Sources do not agree on what happened after Abgar VII's death. Warwick Ball reports that
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responded promptly by capturing and sacking Edessa. Abgar VII died at this time.
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neutrality toward the Roman Empire. However, in 116 
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Aramaic Inscriptions and Documents of the Roman Period
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of captured territories including Osroene in 117 
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Index

Osroene
Roman
Parthian Empires
Emperor Trajan
Mesopotamia
Osroes I
Edessan
Lusius Quietus
Hadrian
Parthamaspates of Parthia
puppet king
Abgar dynasty
Ma'nu VII
Drijvers & Healey (1999)
Emperor Hadrian
client kingdom




Ball 2016





Healey 2009


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