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GA.01.07 HARRAK

Archaeological site located 7km north-west of al-Uḵaiḍir castle, Square Fe-V4 (photo not available) , Quṣair

Quṣair › Kerbala
ܛـ[...]
ܠܙ.. ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܝܘ[ܚܢܢ؟]
ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܫܠܡ[...]peacenounalso well-beingroot ܫܠܡ
ܠܝto mepronoun [...] ܚܫܟ[...]your pain / it darkenednounroot ܚܫ
ܗܢܘܢthey (m.)pronounroot ܗܘ ܬܪܝܢtwo (m.)adjectiveroot ܬܪܝܢ ܟܬܒܐthe writingnounalso the bookroot ܟܬܒ
ܫܡܝܕ!(obscure word) [...]
ܒܩܪ[...]seekalso boreroot ܒܩܪ
ܬܠܘ[...]hang uproot ܬܠܐ
ܘܨܠܐand pray!verbroot ܨܠܐ
ܥܠܝfor meprepositionroot ܥܠܐ

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) x[…] (2) x[…] Mār Yō[Ṣnnān?] (3) Mār Ābā, peace […] (4) for me […] your pain/it got darkened […] (5) those two books (6) [… ….] (7-9, too fragmentary to be translated) (10) […] and pray (11) for me.

Date Before the 9th century
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela and East Syriac
Location Detail Square Fe-V4 (photo not available). Museum No.: Qu 114=IM 12973.
Dimensions 0.08m x 0.06m
Prayer And pray for me
Literature Probably a letter; mention of two books
Mar Yohannan Mar Aba
Harrak 2010, p.649-650
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