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AA.04.07 HARRAK

Outer gallery, the bēt-slōtā, or place of prayers during the summer , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1679
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪtombnounalso graveroot ܩܒܪ ܩܣpriest (qass)nounroot ܩܣ
ܐܒܪܐܗܝܡIbrāhīmproper-noun ܐܠtheparticle
ܩܢܓܢܝ ܐܠܡܪܚܘܡthe lateadjectiveroot ܪܚܡ
ܬܘܦܝhe diedverbroot ܘܦܝ ܦܝinpreposition ܣܢܗ.4
ܐܨܢܒyear 1952numeral + ܬܘܦܝhe diedverbroot ܘܦܝ
ܐܠܡܪܚܘܡthe lateadjectiveroot ܪܚܡ ܩܣpriest (qass)nounroot ܩܣ
ܗܪܡܙHurmizdproper-noun ܐܠܩܢܓـ[ܢܝ]
ܐܒܢson ofnounroot ܒܢ ܩܣpriest (qass)nounroot ܩܣ ܐܒܪܐܗܝܡIbrāhīmproper-noun
ܦܝinpreposition ܣܢܗ ܐܨܨyear 1990numeral ܠܝܘܢof Greece (Seleucid)proper-nounroot ܝܘܢ

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

(1-5) This is the grave of the late Priest Ibrāhīm al-Qanjannī; he died in the year 1952 (AD 1641). (6-9) The late Priest Hurmizd al-Qanjannī, son of the Priest Ibrāhīm, (5b) died (9) in the year 1990 (AD 1679) of Greece.

Context
Location Detail Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect)
Dimensions 0.80m × 0.37m
Material & Physical
Architecture Niche
Personal Names
Ibrahim al-Qanjanni Hurmizd al-Qanjanni
References
Harrak 2010, p. 102; Fiey 1959, p. 113
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