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AA.01.09 HARRAK

Shrine of Mār Yōhannān, inside a niche to the right of the altar, but now misplaced , Ra's-al-Kur Quarter, Old Mosul

Ra's-al-Kur Quarter, Old Mosul › Nineveh
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ܫܟܢܬis placed/dweltverbroot ܫܟܢ ܗܪܟܐhereadverb ܣܝܡܬܐthe depository/treasurenounroot ܣܝܡ
ܕܓܪ̈ܡܐof the bonesnounroot ܓܪܡ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܨܡܕܬjoined togetherverbroot ܨܡܕ
ܒܡܐܢܐin a vesselnoun ܓܠܝܐis obviousadjectiveroot ܓܠܐ ܘܢܩܕܐand shiningadjectiveroot ܢܩܕ ܕܡܢwho is fromprepositionroot ܡܢ ܫܝܫܐŠīšāproper-noun
ܕܐܫܬܘܝܢthat we were made worthyverbroot ܫܘܐ ܠܡܚܙܝܗ̇to see itverbroot ܚܙܐ ܒܫܘܟܠܠduring the rebuilding ofnounroot ܟܠܠ ܗܢthispronoun
ܗܝܟܠܐchurchnounalso templeroot ܗܝܟܠ ܦܪܝܫܐdedicatedadjectiveroot ܦܪܫ ܠܡܪܝto Mar/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܝܘܚܢܢYohannan (John)proper-noun ܡܥܡܕBaptisernounroot ܥܡܕ
ܡܪܗhis Lordnounroot ܡܪܐ ܩܕܘܫholy ofnounroot ܩܕܫ ܩܘܕܫܐ:holinessnounroot ܩܕܫ ܒܝܘܡܝ̈during the days ofnounroot ܝܘܡ
ܦܝܘܣPiusproper-noun ܦܦܐPopenoun ܕܬܫܥܐthe Ninthnumeralroot ܬܫܥ ܗܘܐhe wasverbalso he becameroot ܗܘ ܠܫܝܢܐin peacenounroot ܫܝܢ
ܘܥܒܕܐܠܡܓܝܕand Abd-al-Majidproper-noun ܒܪܝܟmore illustrious/blessedadjectiveroot ܒܪܟ ܒܟܠin allnounroot ܟܠ
ܕܩܕܡܘܗܝthan his predecessorsnounroot ܩܕܡ ܒܫܘܠܛܢܐin reignnounroot ܫܠܛ ܐܦܢܗin the year ofnoun
ܠܕܐܬܒܣܪof the One incarnatedverbroot ܒܣܪ ܘܗܘܐand becameverbroot ܗܘܐ ܚܝ̈ܐ
ܘܦܘܪܩܢܐand salvationnounroot ܦܪܩ ܘ[ܡܪܝ] ܝܘܣܦYawsep (Joseph)proper-noun
ܒܟܘܪܣܝܐon the thronenoun ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun
ܡܫܡܫܢܐthe deaconnounroot ܫܡܫ

Hover a word for its meaning. Glosses draw on Amir Harrak’s translations and the SEDRA 3 Syriac lexicon (Beth Mardutho), used for academic purposes.

(1–5) The depository of the bones of the Saint is placed here, joined together in a clear and shining vessel made of marble. We were made worthy to see it during the rebuilding of this shrine dedicated to Mār Yōḥannān, Baptiser of (6–10) his Lord, (inside) the holy of holies, during the time of Pope Pius the Ninth—may he (rule) in peace, and of ‛Abd-al-Majīd, more illustrious than his predecessors in reign, (in the year) 1855 of the One who was incarnated, becoming life (11–13) and salvation, and [in (the days of) Mār], Yawsep servant on the throne of Babylon.

Context
Date 1855 AD
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela, vocalized
Location Detail Chaldean Church of Mār Ēša‛iā
Dimensions 0.74m × 0.57m
Religion & Practice
Relics First Class, ex ossibus: Bones of a Saint in marble theca
Material & Physical
Architecture Altar, Niche
Personal Names
Mār Yōḥannān (St. John the Baptist) Pope Pius IX Sultan ‛Abd-al-Majīd Mār Yawsep (Patriarch Joseph VI Auda)
References
Harrak 2010, p. 70-71; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 115f
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