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AP.02.26 HARRAK

Chaldean Monastery of Our Lady of Seeds, patriarchal wing, to the opposite side of the inscription, just above , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
ܐܬܒܢܝwas builtverbroot ܒܢܐ ܐܣܛܘܐīwān (portico)noun ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ
ܥܡwithprepositionalso together withroot ܥܡ ܬܪܬܝܢtwo (f.)adjectiveroot ܬܪܝܢ ܩ̈ܠܝܬܐ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ
ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܦܝ̣ܘ̇ܣ: ܝܐ:Onumeralroot ܚܝܐ ܟ̇ܘ̣ܡܪܐ
ܕܪܗ̄ܘܡܐ ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ:‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun
ܒ:inprepositionalso with, byroot ܒ ܦܛܪ:Patriarchnoun ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ
ܝܘܣܦYawsep (Joseph)proper-noun ܓܢܝܡܐĠanīmāproper-noun ܩܝܘܡܐdeputynounroot ܩܘܡ ܦܛܪ̄:
ܒܝܨܝܦܘܬthrough the care ofnounroot ܝܨܦ ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܚܢܐHannāproper-noun ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕHurmizdproper-noun
ܪܫܐhead/Superiornounroot ܪܫ ܓܘܢܝܐgeneraladjectiveroot ܓܘܢ ܕܕܝܪ̈ܬܐof the monasteriesnounroot ܕܝܪ
ܕܟ̈ܠܕܝܐ: ܘܒܥܡܠܐand the worknounroot ܥܡܠ ܕܐܚ̈ܐof the Brothersnounroot ܐܚ
ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ: ܐܨ݅ܠܕ: ܬܫܪܝܢTishrin (October)noun :ܒ:inprepositionalso with, byroot ܒ

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) This īwān, along with the two cells, were built during the days of Mār Pius XI, the High Priest of Rome, Mār ‛Ammānū’ēl II, Patriarch of Babylon, and Mār (6-10) Yawsep Ġanīmā, the Patriarchal Deputy, through the care of the Abbot Ḥannā Hurmizd, Superior General of the Chaldean monasteries, and the hard work of the monastic Brothers: Later Tešrīn (November), 1934.

Date 1934 AD
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela, vocalized
Location Detail Patriarchal wing, to the opposite side of the inscription, just above.
Dimensions 0.60m x 0.40m
Abbots Abbot Ḥannā Hurmizd, Superior General of the Chaldean monasteries
Builders Monastic Brothers; built through care of the Abbot
Ecclesiastical Titles High Priest of Rome; Patriarch of Babylon; Patriarchal Deputy; Superior General
Monasteries Chaldean monasteries; building activities at the monastery
Architecture Īwān and two cells built
Buildings (Administrative) Patriarchal wing
Pius XI ‛Ammānū’ēl II Yawsep Ġanīmā Ḥannā Hurmizd
Harrak 2010, p.522-523; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 243
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