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AA.07.01 HARRAK

Syriac Orthodox Church of Mār Ahudemeh; Inside a niche, to the left of the Royal Gate , Southwest of Old Mosul

Southwest of Old Mosul › Nineveh
Date
1971
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
Ruler
Sultan-Khāqān ‛Abd-al-Ḥamīd Khan al-Ġāzī
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Transcription
ܥܕܬܐthe churchnounroot ܥܕܬ ܕܡܪܝof Saintnounroot ܡܪܐ ܐܚܘܕܐܡܗ
ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܨܝ ܫܘܒܚܐglorynounroot ܫܒܚ
ܐܬܚܕܬܬwas renovatedverbroot ܚܕܬ ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܨܿܥܐ̄ ܡ̄of (the month)preposition

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 church of Mār Ahudemeh (2) of the Orthodox Syrians: (3) It was renovated in the year 1971 of our Lord.

Context
Location Detail Inside a niche to the left side of the Royal Gate.
Dimensions 0.45m × 0.15m
Ruler Sultan-Khāqān ‛Abd-al-Ḥamīd Khan al-Ġāzī
Patriarch Mār Iġnāṭiōs ‛Abd-al-Masīḥ, see of Antioch; Mār Iġnāṭiōs Afrām the First, Patriarch of Antioch and the rest of the East
Religion & Practice
Churches & Shrines Named After Mār Ah
Material & Physical
Architecture Royal Gate, Gate, Niche
Personal Names
‛Abd-al-Ḥamīd Khan al-Ġāzī Mār Iġnāṭiōs ‛Abd-al-Masīḥ Bishop Bihnām Jarjīs Sarsam ‛Abd-al-Karīm Dinnō Mār Iġnāṭiōs Afrām the First Mār Atanāsiōs Tūmā Qaṣīr Jamīl Ḥannā afandī Ḥāwā
References
Harrak 2010, pp. 125-127; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 156; Sarre & Herzfeld 1911-1920, vol. III, Abb. 281, p. 294 (drawing of the sanctuary gate)
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