The Syriac Catholic ‘Old Tāhira’ Church; Main gate , Old Mosul

(1, Garsh.) Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. (2-3, Syriac) How narrow the gate and how hard the way that leads to the Kingdom! He who wishes to take it will require tenacity, but the way of perdition will follow the one who grows weak, and he will thus willingly destroy his soul. (4, 126 Garsh.) Perdition never overcomes the one who is a servant of the Virgin: The year 1821 of Christ, beginning of the month of Ādār (March). (5, Arab.) 1821.