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AA.04.04 HARRAK

Above the Baptistery, men’s and women’s gates - now in ruins , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1847 on the basis of inscription AA.04.02
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܒܫܡin the name ofnounroot ܫܡ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ ܕܠܐwithoutparticle ܡܐܝܬdieverbroot ܡܘܬ ܡܫܝܚܐChristproper-nounroot ܡܫܚ ܡܪܗhis Lordnounroot ܡܪܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐof glorynounroot ܫܒܚ ܟܠܗܘܢall of thempronounroot ܟܠ ܥܡܟwith youprepositionroot ܥܡ [ܫܟـ]ͽ
××× ××× ܒܡܠܟܘܬܟin your kingdomnounroot ܡܠܟ ܒܝܬܐthe housenounroot ܒܝܬ ܕܗܕܐof thispronoun ܥܕܬܟyour churchnounroot ܥܕ ܩܕܝܫܬܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ ××× ××× ܒܚܫܗin his passionnounroot ܚܫ ܬܒܗin itpreposition
ܕܠܚܡܐof the breadnounroot ܠܚܡ ܕܡܕܒـ[ܚܐ] ××× ××× ܠܘܬܗtoward Himprepositionroot ܠܘܬ ܘܡܢܗand from himprepositionroot ܡܢ ܕܗܠܝܢof thesepronoun ܒܓـ[...]ܬܐ ܥܒܕܝ̈ܟyour servantsnounroot ܥܒܕ ܘܛܪand keepverbroot ܢܛܪ
ܐܢܘܢthempronoun ܒܪ̈ܚܡܝܟthrough your mercynounroot ܪܚܡ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܒܝܫܐthe evil onenounroot ܒܐܫ ܘܬܚـ[...]ܬ ܐܫܘ[ܐ] ܠܢfor uspronoun ܐܡܝܢamenparticleroot ܐܡܢ

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

In the name of the Ever-Living One who does not die, Christ the Lord of glory, [sett]le all with you [...] in your kingdom, the building of this holy church of yours, xxx xxx through his suffering xxx xxx of the bread of the alt[ar], xxx xxx with him and from him [...] your servants, guard them from evil in your mercy [...] and make us worthy, Amen.

Context
Location Detail Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect)
Religion & Practice
Baptism Baptism mentioned
Material & Physical
Architecture Baptistery
References
Harrak 2010, pp. 100-101; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 141
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