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FA.01.04 HARRAK

The Citadel of Takrit; Outside the mosque, in a grave containing a wooden coffin from which bits of wood and corroded iron nails survived; This is the grave of a Metropolitan , City of Takrit

City of Takrit Baghdad
Date
Between 887 and 904
Language
Syriac
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ܐܬܢܐassalso she-root ܐܬܢܐ
ܣܝܘܣ
܏ܡܛܪMetropolitannoun
ܕܬܓܪ
ܝܬ
ܡܛܪMetropolitannoun
ܦܘܠܝܛܐ

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) Atanāsiōs the Metro(politan), (2) Metropolitan (3) of Tagrīt +.

Location Detail Outside the mosque, in a grave containing a wooden coffin from which bits of wood and corroded iron nails survived. The remains of the skeleton buried inside the coffin indicate that the deceased person was laid down on his back, his arms placed along his body, and his head turned toward the west. This is the grave of a Metropolitan. Museum No.: IM 139101.
Dimensions 0.042m x 0.024m
Ecclesiastical Titles Metropolitan of Tagrīt (Atanāsiōs I)
Churches & Shrines Named After Church of Sts Sergius and Bacchus
Cross Silver cross fashioned into a seal, arms narrowing toward the centre
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Tagrīt/Takrit
Atanāsiōs
Harrak 2010, p.610-611; Harrak 2001, p. 23, figs. 19-20
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