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AC.04.01 HARRAK

Inside the church, below a modern altar , Karamlēs

Karamlēs Nineveh
Date
1879
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac
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ܐܫܬܟܠܠwas completedverbroot ܟܠܠ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܙܕܩܬܐ ܕܦܪܢܣܐof Franceproper-noun ܡܠܟܘkingdomalso realm, reignroot ܡܠܟ ܪܒܬܐgreatadjectiveroot ܪܒ
ܗܼܪܟܐ ܣܝܡܐis placedverbroot ܣܝܡ ܡܢܬܐthe remains/portionnounroot ܡܢܐ ܕܓܪ̈ܡܐof the bonesnounroot ܓܪܡ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܐܕܝAddiroot ܐܕܝ ܫܠܝܚܐthe Apostlenounroot ܫܠܚ ܛܘܒܢܐthe blessedadjectiveroot ܛܘܒ
ܒܐܝ̈ܕܝܐhandsnounroot ܐܝܕ ܕܝܠܝownroot ܕܝܠ ܐܢܐIpronounroot ܐܢܐ ܦܛܪܘܣPatrōs (Peter)proper-noun ܐܠܝܐElias (Ēlīā)proper-noun ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐCatholicosnoun ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun
ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun ܫܢܬ:year (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܦܥܛyear 1879numeral ܠܡܘܠܕܗto the birth ofnounroot ܝܠܕ ܕܡܫܝܚܐof Christnounroot ܡܫܚ

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) The relic of the bones of the holy Mār Addai the blessed Apostle is placed here (2) by my own hands, I Patrōs Ēlīā, Catholicos-Patriarch (3) of Babylon: The year 1879 of the Birth of Christ.

Location Detail Chaldean Church of Mār Addai
Dimensions 0.58m x 1.50m x 0.90m
Patriarch Paṭrōs Ēlīā (Ēlīā XII ‛Abbō al-Yōnān, 1878-1894), Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon
Relics Relics mentioned
Architecture Altar
Paṭrōs Ēlīā Mār Addai Nicolas Siouffi (consul of France in Mosul Per notes)
Harrak 2010, p.219-220
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