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AA.04.08 HARRAK

Courtyard, in the collapsed gallery , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul Nineveh
Date
1772
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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ܗܕܐ]this (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܩܒܪtombnounalso graveroot ܩܒܪ ܐܠܡܪܚܘܡ̄
ܐܢܝـ]ܣܐ ܒܢܬdaughters ofnounroot ܒܪ ܟܕܪKidrproper-noun ܐܢܬyou (m.sg.)pronounroot ܐܢܬ
ܩܠܬshe leftverbroot ܢܩܠ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܐܠܥܐܠܡthe worldnounroot ܥܠܡ
ܐܠܙܐܝܠthe perishingadjectiveroot ܙܘܠ ܐܠܦܐܢܝthe ephemeraladjectiveroot ܦܢܝ ܐܠܝtopreposition
ܥܐܠܡworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܐܠܒܐܩܝthe permanentadjectiveroot ܒܩܝ ܐܠܪ
ܘܚܐܢܝ ܩܕalready (perfective)particleroot ܩܕܫ ܨܐܪtook placeverbroot ܨܝܪ ܐ
ܢܬܩܐܠܗܐ ܦܝinpreposition ܫܗܪmonth ofnounroot ܫܗܪ
ܐܚܙܝܪܐܢ:’Eḥzīrān (June)proper-noun ܣܢܗ̈yearnounroot ܣܢܐ ܐܠܦܝܢthousandnumeralroot ܐܠܦ
ܘܬܡܐܢܝܢand eightynumeralroot ܬܡܢ ܘܬܠܐܬܐand threenumeralroot ܬܠܬ 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.

(1-5) [This] is the grave of the late [Anī]sa, daughter of Kidr. She left this temporary and perishable world to the permanent world (6-9) and the spiritual one. Her departure was on the month of ’Eḥzīrān! (June) the year two thousand and eighty-three of Greece.

Location Detail Chaldean Church of Šim‛ūn al-Safā (Simon the Elect)
Dimensions 0.69m × ca. 0.55m
Calendar & Horoscope Seleucid year 2083 of Greece; month of Ḥazīrān (June)
Anīsa Kidr
Harrak 2010, pp. 102-103
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