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AE.01.18 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mār Behnam, inside the church near the north gate and behind a candleholder. , Al-Kidr

Al-Kidr › Nineveh
Date
1800
Language
Syriac and Garshuni
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Transcription
ܙܠgoverbroot ܐܙܠ ܒܫܠܡܐin peacenounroot ܫܠܡ ܐܚܐbrother (emphatic)nounroot ܐܚ ܘܪܚܡܐand friendnounroot ܪܚܡ ܕܒܕ
ܟܝܘܬܐ ܐܚܒܬlovedverbroot ܚܒ ܠܟܠܢܫeveryonenounroot ܐܢܫ ܡܐwhenparticle ܟܪܝܐsadadjectiveroot ܟܪܐ
ܠܢfor uspronoun ܕܦܪܫܬthat you are separatedverbroot ܦܪܫ ܡܢܢfrom usprepositionroot ܡܢ ܘܥܝ݂ܝܩܐ ܠܢfor uspronoun ܥܠuponprepositionalso over, aboutroot ܥܠ
ܥܘܢܕܢܟ.your deathnounroot ܥܢܕ ܦܘܫܘremain (go)verbroot ܦܘܫ
ܒܫܠܡܐin peacenounroot ܫܠܡ ܐܘOparticle ܡܫܡܫ̈ܢܐ
ܕܦܪܫܢܝfor it took me awayverbroot ܦܪܫ ܡܘܬܐdeath (emphatic)nounroot ܡܬ ܡ݂ܢ ܓܘܕܝܟܘܢyour choirnounroot ܓܘܕ
ܐܦܝܣܘbegverbroot ܦܝܣ ܚܠܦܝon my behalfprepositionroot ܚܠܦ ܒܟܠܥܕܢ̈ܝܢat all timesnounroot ܥܕܢ ܠܡܪܐthe Lordnounroot ܡܪܐ ܕܟܠܐof allnounroot ܟܠ
ܕܢܚܣܐwho pardonsverbroot ܚܣܐ ܥܠܝfor meprepositionroot ܥܠܐ ܣܢܗ̈yearnounroot ܣܢܐ ܒܩܝܐyear 2111numeral

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

(Syr. 1-4) Go in peace, brother and friend, who loved everyone with purity. How sad for us that you are separated from us, and how hard is for us your death! Go (5-8) in peace, O deacons, for death took me away from your choir. Beg the Lord of all on my behalf at all times so that he may pardon me: The year 2111.
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(Garsh.) This is the grave of the late rabbān Tūmā son of Gaggō. He died in Hazīrān (June).

Context
Location Detail Inside the church near the north gate and behind a candleholder.
Dimensions 0.55m x .56m
Poetic Metre Couplets of 8+8 syllables (octosyllabic)
People & Roles
Ecclesiastical Titles Rabban; deacons
Religion & Practice
Liturgy Dialogue based on the Funerary Service
Prayer Intercession that the Lord may pardon the deceased
Literature Funerary poem in couplets
Material & Physical
Cross Ornamental cross in the centre of the slab
Personal Names
Tuma Gaggo
References
Harrak 2010, p. 321-322
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