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AF.01.05 HARRAK

The Syriac Orthodox Monastery of Mār Mattā, burial chamber to the north side, immediately following inscription AF.01.04 , Jabal Alfāf

Jabal Alfāf › Nineveh
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Date Possibly 1691
Language Syriac and Garshuni
Script Estrangela
Location Detail Burial chamber (bēt-qaddīšē), to the north side, immediately following inscription AF.01.04.
Dimensions 0.65m x 0.55m
Mafrionē Bar-Hebraeus and his brother Bar-Sawmō, mafriōnē of the East
Churches & Shrines Named After Church renovated in 1691
Cross Linear cross with Syriac formula (Ps 44:5)
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Malatia; Maragha (Azerbaijan)
Bar-Hebraeus Bar-Sawmō Mār Mattā
Harrak 2010, p.361-362; Assemanus 1719-1728, vol. II, p. 263; Badger 1852, p. 97 (translation); Budge 1932, pl. V (photo)
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