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AE.01.37 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mār Behnam, below the high relief of Mār Behnam, near the left frame of the Ceremonial Gate , Al-Kidr

Al-Kidr › Nineveh
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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.

Date 1550 AD
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela
Location Detail The church, below the high relief of Mār Behnam, near the left frame of the Ceremonial Gate.
Reliefs Stucco relief of St Behnam
Diseases Graffito commemorated a plague
Harrak 2010, p.337; Pognon 1907, p. 133 and n. 1.
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