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AA.11.06 HARRAK

The Chaldean Church of Mār Gīwargīs; Courtyard and cemetery , Old Mosul

Old Mosul Nineveh
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ܣܐܠ ܐܗܐܠܝ [...]
ܫܢܝdepartedverbroot ܫܢܐ ܥܒܕܐܠܠܗ ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ <ܐ>ܦܡܐ܆
ܩܕܝܡ܆Firstadjectiveroot ܩܕܡ ܐ [... ...]

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’) […a]sk my/the relatives […] (2’-3’) ‛Abd-Allāh departed in the year <1>841, First [Tešrīn/Kānōn October-November/December-January], 1st [… ...].

Date 1841; this date is unusually abbreviated, since  “thousand” is not inscribed
Language Syriac
Script Estrangela
Location Detail Courtyard and cemetery.
Dimensions 0.57m × 0.60m
‛Abd-Allāh
Harrak 2010, p.144
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