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AA.02.09 HARRAK

In front of the Royal Gate, on a free standing stone slab to the right , Downtown Mosul

Downtown Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1744
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܣܓܕܝܢܢwe worshipverbroot ܣܓܕ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܠܐܠܗܘܬܟyour divinitynounroot ܐܠܗ ܘܠܐܢܫܘܬܟand your humanitynounroot ܐܢܫ ܕܠܐwithoutparticle ܦܘܠܓܐdivisionnounroot ܦܠܓ

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

My Lord, we worship your undividable divinity and humanity.

Context
Location Detail Chaldean Church of al-Tahra
Dimensions 2.40m × 0.95m
Material & Physical
Architecture Royal Gate, Gate
Personal Names
Mār Bābai
References
Harrak 2010, p. 82; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 126
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