ESDRA 4:7

E poi al tempo di Artaserse, Bislam, Mitredat, Tabeel, e gli altri suoi colleghi, scrissero ad Artaserse, re di Persia; e la scrittura e la lingua della lettera era siriaca.

¶ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.