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S.AE.01.01 SEERI

St. George Syrian Orthodox Church , Kadamattom

Kadamattom › Kerala
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ܒܢܐ ܘܫܟܠܠ ܩܕܘܫ ܩܘܕ̄ ܗܢܐ ܩܘܪܝܠܠܘܣ ܡܛ̄ܪ̄ ܕܡܠܒܪ ܘܗܘ ܝܘܝܩܝܡ ܡ̄ ܒܝܘܡ̄ ܡܪ ܐܝܓܢ̄ܐ ܦܬܪ ܕܐܢܛܝܘ̄ ܕܗܘ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒ̄ ܡ̄
ܒܫܢܬ ܐܦܡ̄ܛ ܡܫܝܚܝܬܐ ܝܐ̄ ܒܐܝܠܘܠ ܝܪܚܐ ܘܠܐܠܗܐ ܫܘ̄ ܐܡܝܢܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ
ܗܢܘ ܬܪܥܐ ܡܠܐ ܪ̈ܚܡܐ ܘܠܓܘ ܡܢܗ ܐܝܬ ܪ̈ܚܡܐ ܥܘܠ ܚܛܝܐ ܒܥܝ ܠܪ̈ܚܡܐ ܡܢ ܡܪܟ ܕܡܠܐ ܪ̈ܚܡܐ܀

(1st line): Built and finished this holy of holies Qurilose Metropolitan of Malabar and who is Yuyakim during the days of Mor Ignatius Patriarch of Antioch, who is Mor Yakub the second;
(2nd line): in the year 1849 A.D. on 11th of the month of September; glory to God unceasingly forever and ever, Amen.
(3rd line): This is the door full of mercy and within it there is mercy; enter o sinner and beseech mercy from your Lord who is full of mercy.

Date 1849 AD
Language Syriac
Script Serto
Location Detail Qdush-Qudshin (holy of holies), above the arch of the sanctuary
Material Wood
F. Briquel Chatonnet, A. Desreumaux, J. Thekeparambil, Recueil des inscriptions syriaques 1: Kerala, Paris 2008, pp. 61–62 (Kadamattom 1).
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