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AD.01.06 HARRAK

Storeroom of the New Church , Qaraqōš

Qaraqōš Nineveh
Date
1798
Period
Ottoman
Language
Syriac, Arabic
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ܗَܕܐ ܩَܒܪ ܐܠܡܪܚܘُܡ ܐܒܪܗܝܡIbrāhīmproper-noun ܐܒܢson ofnounroot ܒܢ ܟܘܫܒܐKoshabaproper-noun ܩـَ[ܕ]
ܐٕܢܬܩܠ ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܗܕܐthis (f.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܐܠܥܐܠܡthe worldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܐܠܦܐܢܝthe ephemeraladjectiveroot ܦܢܝ ܐܠܙܐܝܠ!the perishingadjectiveroot ܙܘܠ [ܐܠܝ]topreposition
ܥܐܠܡworldnounroot ܥܠܡ ܐܠܒܐܩܝthe permanentadjectiveroot ܒܩܝ ܐܠܕܐܝܡ ܘܩܕ!and (perfective)particle ܨܐܪ!took placeverbroot ܨܝܪ ܐܢܬܩܐܠܗ!his departurenounroot ܢܩܠ [ܦܝ]inpreposition
ܫܗܪmonth ofnounroot ܫܗܪ ܟܐܢܘܢKānūn (December)proper-noun ܐܘܠfirstadjectiveroot اول ܣܢܗ̈yearnounroot ܣܢܐ [٢١١٠ ܠܠܝܘܢܐܢ ...]

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) This is the grave of the late Ibrāhīm son of Kōšabā. (2) He departed from this perishable temporary world [to] (3) the permanent and perpetual one, and his departure took place in the (4) month of First Kānūn (December) [the year 2110 of Greece …].

Location Detail Syriac Catholic Church of al-Tāhira: Old and New Churches
Dimensions 0.94m × 0.56m
Poetic Metre Metrical and other decorative motifs
Periods / Eras Dated [the year 2110 of Greece] (Seleucid era)
Ibrāhīm Kōšabā
Harrak 2010, p.229
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