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AA.02.09 HARRAK

Chaldean Church of al-Tahra (al-Tahira al-Kubra) , Housh al-Bai'ah Complex, Al-Shifa District, Old Mosul

Housh al-Bai'ah Complex, Al-Shifa District, Old Mosul › Nineveh
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ܣܓܕܝܢܢwe worshipverbroot ܣܓܕ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܠܐܠܗܘܬܟyour divinitynounroot ܐܠܗ ܘܠܐܢܫܘܬܟand your humanitynounroot ܐܢܫ ܕܠܐwithoutparticle ܦܘܠܓܐdivisionnounroot ܦܠܓ

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.

My Lord, we worship your undividable divinity and humanity.

Notes
The content of the inscription derives from a tešbuḥtā-hymn attributed to Mār Bābai chanted on the first Sunday of the Annunciation; the hymn starts with ܒܪܝܟ ܚܢܢܐ “blessed is the compassionate One”; Ḥudrā I, p. ܩܝܚ (118).
Context
Date 1744 AD
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela
Location Detail In front of the Royal Gate, on a free standing stone slab to the right
Dimensions 2.40m × 0.95m
Material & Physical
Architecture Royal Gate, Gate
Personal Names
Mār Bābai
References
Harrak 2010, p. 82; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 126
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