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FA.01.08 HARRAK

The Citadel of Takrit, citadel, the īwān-gallery of the church , City of Takrit

City of Takrit Baghdad
Date
The script suggests the 9th century: the still angular bēt and the archaic šīn and hē, all Serto fe
Language
Syriac
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ܣܘܦـ[...]
ܠܝܘܬܐunitynounroot ܚܝܕ ܕܫܪܪܐof truthnounroot ܫܪܪ ܟܚـ[...]
ܐܝܠܝܢthosepronoun ܕܢܦܝܠܝܢwho are fallenverbroot ܢܦܠ ܒܦ̈ܚܐin the trapsnounroot ܦܚ ܕܚـ̈[ܝܐ ...]
ܕܐܠܗܐof Godnounroot ܐܠܗ ܥܕܠܐbeforeconjunction ܡܩܝܡhe will raiseverbroot ܩܘܡ ܐܢܘܢthempronoun [...]
ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܐܝܵܕܐ ܕܥܘܕܪܢܐof helpnounroot ܥܕܪ ܡܚܘܪ[...]helpfuladjective
ܠ܀toprepositionalso forroot ܠ ܢܨܠܐlet him prayverbroot ܨܠܐ ܥܠuponprepositionalso over, aboutroot ܥܠ ܐܚܝܢour brothersnounroot ܐܚ ܐܝܠܝܢthosepronoun
ܘܢ ܩܫܐQāšā (Priest)nounroot ܩܫܫ ܘܫܢܝܐ!and franticadjectiveroot ܫܢܐ ܩܫܝܗhe hardened himverbroot ܩܫܐ [...]
ܦܘܢܝܐreplynounroot ܦܢܐ ܒܣܝܡܐsweetadjectiveroot ܒܣܡ ܠܫܬ[...]
ܡܬܝ!Mattīproper-noun
ܩܕ/ܘܕ!!
ܘܛܘܦܝ!

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.

(1-4) […]xxx […]xxx of truth [… …]. Those who are fallen in the traps of Li[fe… …] of God, before he will raise them up [… …] (5-8) […] from helpful hands [… …]. Let us pray for our brothers, those [… …] xx hard, and frantic! he hardened him [… …] a sweet reply for xx […].
Rev.
(1) Matay? (2-3: translation unwarranted).

Location Detail Citadel, the īwān-gallery of the church. Museum No.: IM 148279.
Dimensions 0.075m x 0.09m
Prayer Let us pray for our brothers
Matay
Harrak 2010, p.613-614
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