David 29 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M VII |
| Dates | 642 (taq) / 642 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1243 |
| Ethnicity | Armenian |
| Locations | Syria (deathplace); Syria; Armenia; Armenia (officeplace) |
| Textual Sources | Chronicon Anonymi ad annum 1234 pertinens, ed. and tr. J.-B. Chabot, I = CSCO 81-82 (Paris, 1916-20), II = CSCO 109 (Louvain, 1937) (chronicle) |
In 642/643 David 29 planned with Valentinus 1 a joint attack on the Arabs in Syria but was defeated by them; he was then routed and killed: Chron. 1234, ยง122 (p. 257). See further PLRE III, pp. 389-390, David 6; he was kourapalates and ruler of Armenia in 635-638 or 637-640.
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