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FA.02.11 HARRAK

The Site of Al-Chenīsā, Hall 5 (sancturary) , City of Takrit

City of Takrit › Baghdad
Date
709/10; Yūḥanōn bar Kīphō administered Takrit for one and a half years
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܩܕalready (perfective)particleroot ܩܕܫ ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܩܕalready (perfective)particleroot ܩܕܫ ܒܪܐthe Sonnounroot ܒܪ ܩܕalready (perfective)particleroot ܩܕܫ ܪܘܚܐthe Spiritnounalso the spiritroot ܪܘܚ ܒܐܝܕܝ ܚܣܝܐvirtuousadjectiveroot ܚܣܐ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܝܘ]ܚܢܢ ܒܪson ofnounroot ܒܪ ܟܐܦܐKēpā (Peter)proper-nounroot ܟܐܦ
ܠܥܕܬܐfor the churchnounroot ܥܕ ܩܕܝܫܬܐholyadjectiveroot ܩܕܫ ܕܚܨܨܢܝܬܐof Hassontoproper-noun ܥܠܝܬܐthat which is aboveadjectiveroot ܥܠܐ
ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܠܦܐthe shipnounroot ܐܠܦ ܘܥܣܪܝܢand twentynumeralroot ܥܣܪ ܘܚܕܐand onenumeralroot ܚܕ

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) [The Father, the Son, and the Spirit sanctified (it) at the hands of the bishop Mōr Yū]Ṣanōn bar Kīphō (2) for the holy Upper Church of Ḥaṣṣontō: + (3) The year one thousand and twenty-one +.

Context
Location Detail Hall 5 (Sanctuary). Museum No.: IM 148277.
Dimensions 0.60m x 0.60m
People & Roles
Bishops Mōr Yūḥanōn bar Kīphō, bishop
Ecclesiastical Titles Bishop; Metropolitan
Religion & Practice
Liturgical Furniture Marble plaque (ṭablītō) consecration
Trinity The Father, the Son, and the Spirit sanctified it
Churches & Shrines Named After The holy Upper Church of Ḥaṣṣontō
Material & Physical
Cross Back ornamented with a Maltese cross inside a circle of double lines
History & Context
Periods / Eras Seleucid year one thousand and twenty-one (AD 709/710)
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Ḥaṣṣontō, town near Takrit
Personal Names
Mōr Yūḥanōn bar Kīphō
References
Harrak 2010, p.635-636; Harrak 2001, p.17 and fig.11
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