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AA.04.13 HARRAK

Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect); Courtyard in the gallery , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1853 or shortly thereafter
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܐܢܝܚgive restverbroot ܢܘܚ ܒܪ̈ܚܡܝܟthrough your mercynounroot ܪܚܡ ܐܘOparticle ܟܪܝܣܛܘܣ:Christproper-noun
ܠܚܣܝܐto the bishopnounroot ܚܣܐ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܠܘܪܢܣܝܘܣ:Loransiōs (Lawrence)proper-noun ܘܚܣܐand forgiveverbroot ܚܣܐ ܠܗhimpronoun
ܟܠalladjectivealso every, eachroot ܟܠ ܥܒܪܢܡܘܣ:transgressionsnounroot ܥܒܪ ܘܐܠܒܫand clotheverbroot ܠܒܫ ܠܢܦܫܗhis soulnounroot ܢܦܫ
ܐܣܛܠstelenounalso pillarroot ܐܣܛܠ ܦܘܣlightnoun ܀ ܫܡܫhe servedverbroot ܫܡܫ ܓܝܪforparticlealso indeedroot ܓܝܪ ܠܟܘܪܣܝܐthe See / thronenounroot ܟܘܪܣ
ܣܠܘܟܝܐof Selōkproper-noun ܒܕܪܓܐat the ranknounroot ܕܪܓ ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܝܐMetropolitanadjective
ܫܢܝ̈ܐyearsnounroot ܫܢ ܬܠܬthreeadjectiveroot ܬܠܬ ܘܬܠܬܝܢ:and thirtynumeralroot ܬܠܬ ܘܒܫܢܬand in the yearnounroot ܫܢܐ ܐܦܢܓ1853 (year)numeral
ܩܪܬܗrequired him / called himverbroot ܩܪܐ ܥܠܬܐsome reason / causenounroot ܥܠ ܕܢܐܬܐthat he may comeverbroot ܐܬܐ ܠܡܘܨܠto Mosulproper-noun ܠܘܬtoprepositionroot ܠܘܬ
ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun ܐܬܟܪܗhe fell illverbroot ܟܪܗ ܒܟܪܡܠܫin Karamlēšproper-noun ܩܪܝܬܐthe villagenounroot ܩܪܐ
ܘܥܕܠܐand beforeconjunction ܢܡܛܐhe reachedverbroot ܡܛܐ ܠܒܝܬto the house ofnounroot ܒܝܬ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܘܬܐthe patriarchal palacenoun ܥܢܕhe diedverbroot ܥܢܕ
ܠܓܘinsideprepositionroot ܓܘ ܡ݂ܢ ܬܪܥܗ̇the gate ofnounroot ܬܪܥ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐof the citynounroot ܡܕܝܢ ܒܝܪܚin the month ofphraseroot ܝܪܚ ܐܒfathernounroot ܐܒ ܕܝܠܗ̇
ܕܫܢܬܐof the yearnounroot ܫܢܐ +

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

(1-5) O Christ, give rest through your mercy to Bishop Mār Loransiōs, forgive all his transgressions and clothe his soul with a garment of light. He served the See of Selōk at the Metropolitan rank (6-10) for thirty-three years. In 1853, some reason required him to come to Mosul to the Patriarch. He fell ill in the village of Karamlēš and before reaching the patriarchal palace he died outside the city gate in the month of Āb (August) of the same (11) year.

Context
Location Detail Courtyard in the gallery. Ḥaddād placed it in the church of St Meskentā (AA.05) on the outer wall of the church near the door of the diaconicon. One wonders why the inscription would be transferred to the nearby church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā if the commemorated person was buried in the church of St. Meskentā.
Dimensions 90 × 60cm
Poetic Metre Metrical (metre of St Ephrem) and rhymes
People & Roles
Bishops Rank, Mār Loransi
Personal Names
Mār Loransiōs
References
Harrak 2010. pp. 108-109; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 155
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