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CA.01.04 HARRAK

The Chaldean Church of Mār Gīwargīs, inside the church, the wall to the left side of the alter , ´Enkāwā

´Enkāwā › Erbil
Date
1929
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܐܨ̈̇ܓyear 1903numeral ܠܡܪܢof our Lordnounroot ܡܪ ܟܕwhenconjunctionalso while, asroot ܟܕ ܦܬܚܢwe openedverbroot ܦܬܚ ܒܗܕܐin thispronoun ܥܕܬܐthe churchnounroot ܥܕܬ ܟܘܬܐa holenounalso window ܒܐܣܬܐin the wallnounroot ܐܣ
ܕܒܝܢܬthat betweenprepositionroot ܒܝܢ ܒܝܬhousenounalso home, Beth-root ܒܝܬ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܠܗܝܟܠܐand the sanctuarynounroot ܗܝܟܠ ܐܫܟܚܢܢwe foundverbroot ܫܟܚ ܓܠܘܣܩܡܐthe box (coffer)noun ܕܐܝܬthat areparticleroot ܐܝܬ
ܒܓܘܗ:inside itprepositionroot ܓܘ ܝܗ:15thnumeral ܡ̈ܢܘܢfragmentsnounalso portionsroot ܡܢ ܕܓܪ̈ܡܐof the bonesnounroot ܓܪܡ ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ. ܘܒܗܕܐand in thispronoun ܫܢ̄ܬܐ ܒܗ̇
ܒܐܣܬܐin the wallnounroot ܐܣ ܚܙܝܢܢwe sawverbroot ܚܙܐ ܓܠܘܣܩܡܐthe box (coffer)noun ܐ̄ܚܪܢܐanotheradjectiveroot ܐܚܪ ܘܒܗ:and by himpreposition ܝܙ:17 (seventeenth)numeral ܡ̈ܢܘܢfragmentsnounalso portionsroot ܡܢ ܐܘܣܦܢwe addedverbroot ܝܣܦ ܐܢܝܢthempronoun
ܥܠuponprepositionalso over, aboutroot ܥܠ ܗܢܝܢthey (f.)pronounroot ܗܘ ܘܣܡܢand we placedverbroot ܣܝܡ ܠܟܠܗܝܢall of themadjectiveroot ܟܠ ܗܪܟܐ:hereadverb ܘܐܝܟand likepreposition ܕܠܥܘܗܕܢܐfor commemorationnounroot ܥܗܕ ܟܬܒܢܢwe wroteverbroot ܟܬܒ
ܠܗܕܐthispronoun ܡܘܕܥܢܘܬܐinformationnounalso noticeroot ܝܕܥ ܒܗܕܐin thispronoun ܫܢܬ:year (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨ̈̇ܟܛ:1929numeral ܠܡܪܢof our Lordnounroot ܡܪ سنةyearnounroot سنو ١٩٢٩year 1929numeral

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

(1-3) In the year 1903 of our Lord, when we opened in this church a hole in the wall between the martyrion and the sanctuary, we found a reliquary inside which there were 15 fragments of bones of martyrs. And in this year (4-6) we saw in this same wall another reliquary with 17 (bone) fragments in it—we added them to the other ones and placed them together here. We wrote down this information for commemoration in this year, 1929 of our Lord (Arab.) the year 1929.

Context
Location Detail Inside the church, the wall to the left side of the altar.
Dimensions 0.62m x 0.25m
Religion & Practice
Relics Reliquaries with bone fragments of martyrs discovered in foundations
Churches & Shrines Named After Martyrion and sanctuary of the church
Material & Physical
Architecture Hole opened in the wall between martyrion and sanctuary
History & Context
Periods / Eras Year 1903 and 1929 of our Lord
References
Harrak 2010, p.578
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