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AA.04.02 HARRAK

Above the men’s gate - now in ruins , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1847
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܐܫܬܟܠܠܬwas completedverbroot ܟܠܠ ܗܕthispronoun ܥܕܬܐthe churchnounroot ܥܕܬ
ܕܪܝܫܐof the headnounroot ܪܝܫ ܕܫܠܝ̈ܚܐof the Apostlesnounroot ܫܠܚ ܘܥܕܬܐand the churchnounroot ܥܕ
ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܦܡܙyear 1847numeral ܡܪܢܝܬܐof the Lordadjectiveroot ܡܪܐ
ܒܝܪܚin the month ofphraseroot ܝܪܚ ܫܒܛŠbāṭ (February)noun ܕܗܕܐof thispronoun ܫܢܬܐyearnounroot ܫܢ

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.

English Translation

(1b) (The rebuilding of) this church (2) of the head of the Apostles and of the church (1a) was completed (3) in the year 1847 of our Lord, (4) in the month of Šbāṭ (February) of this year.

Context
Location Detail Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect)
Material & Physical
Architecture Gate
References
Harrak 2010, p. 99; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 139
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