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AE.01.34 HARRAK

The Syriac Catholic Monastery of Mār Behnam, inside the Holy of Holies at a 3.25m height. , Al-Kidr

Al-Kidr › Nineveh
Date
1164
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܒܫܡܐin the namenounroot ܫܡ ܕܐܠܗܐof Godnounroot ܐܠܗ ܚܝܐlifenounalso the livingroot ܚܝܐ ܘܩܕܝ݂ܫܐ
ܐܬܚܕܬwas renovatedverbroot ܚܕܬ ܘܐܬܬܩܢand fixedverbroot ܬܩܢ ܡܕܒܚܐaltarnounroot ܕܒܚ
ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܒܝܨܝܦܘܬܐthrough the carenounroot ܝܨܦ ܕܕܝܪ̈ܝܐof the monksnounroot ܕܝܪ
ܝܘܣܦYawsep (Joseph)proper-noun ܒܫܩܫܝܫܐpriest in namenounroot ܩܫ
ܘܐܒܘܠܦܕܠand Abul-Fadlproper-noun ܘܓܒܪܐܝܠand Gabrielproper-noun
ܡܫ̈ܡ̄. ܘܚܣܢand Hasanproper-noun ܐܚܐ.brother (emphatic)nounroot ܐܚ
ܫܢܬyear (construct)nounroot ܫܢ ܐܠܦone thousandnumeralroot ܐܠܦ ܘܐܪܒܥand fournumeralroot ܪܒܥ
ܡܐܐone hundrednumeralroot ܡܐܐ ܘܫܒܥܝܢand seventynumeralroot ܫܒܥ ܘandconjunctionroot ܘ ܗ̄five (1475)numeral [ܕܝܘܢܝ̈ܐ]
ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇which isverbroot ܐܝܬ ܒܛܝ̈ܝܐof the Arabsnoun ܚܡـ[ܫܡܐܐ]
ܘܚܡܫܝܢand fiftynumeralroot ܚܡܫ ܘܬܫܥ:and nine (559)numeralroot ܬܫܥ ܒܝܘ[ܡܝ
ܐܒܗ̈ܬܐthe Fathersnounroot ܐܒ ܛܘܒ̈ܬ[ܢܐ ܏ܦܛܪ̈
ܕܝܠܢourpronoun ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܐܬܐ[ܢܣܝܘܣ
ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐof Antiochproper-noun ܕܣܘ[ܪܝܐ
ܘܡܪܝand Mār/Saintnounroot ܡܪ ܐܝܘܢܣEwannisproper-noun [܏ܕܐܠܟܣ]of Alexandriaproper-noun
ܘܒܫܢܬܐand in the yearnounroot ܫܢ ܕܥܘܢܕ[ܢܗ]
ܕܡܪܝof Saintnounroot ܡܪܐ ܐܓܢܛܐ[ܝܘܣ]!
ܡܦܪܝܢܐthe mafriōnōnounroot ܦܪܐ ܕܡܕ[ܢܚܐ .
ܕܩܪܐwho readsverbroot ܩܪܐ ܢܨܠܐlet him prayverbroot ܨܠܐ ܥܠـ[ܝܗܘܢ]

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

(1-5) In the name of the Living and Holy God: This Altar was renovated and fixed through the care of the monks Yawsef, priest in name only, (6-10) Abūl-Fadl and Gabriēl the Deacons, and Brother Hasan, in the year one thousand four hundred and seventy-five [of the Greeks], which is the year fiv[e hundred] and fifty-nine of the Arabs, in the day[s of (11-15) the bles]sed Fathers, our [Patriarchs] Mōr Ata[nāsiōs of Syria]n Antioch, and Mōr Ēwannīs [of Alexandria], in the year during which (16-18) Mōr ’Iġnā[tiōs], mafriōnō of the Ea[st], died. Let the one who reads (this) pray for th[em].

Context
Location Detail The church, inside the Holy of Holies, on a marble slab fixed in the wall at a 3.25m height.
Dimensions 0.55m x 0.32m
Patriarch Mōr Atanāsiōs of Syrian Antioch; Mōr Ēwannīs of Alexandria
People & Roles
Mafrionē Mōr ’Iġnātiōs, mafriōnō of the East, died
Professions Priest; deacons; monks
Ecclesiastical Titles Patriarchs Mōr Atanāsiōs and Mōr Ēwannīs; mafriōnō of the East
Religion & Practice
Liturgical Furniture Altar renovated and fixed
Prayer Let the one who reads pray for them
Monasteries The Monastery (oldest inscription in the Monastery)
History & Context
Periods / Eras Year of the Greeks (1475) and year of the Arabs (559)
Personal Names
Yawsef Abūl-Fadl Gabriēl Hasan Mōr Atanāsiōs Mōr Ēwannīs Mōr ’Iġnātiōs
References
Harrak 2010, p.334-335; Pognon 1907, p. 134-135 (edition), pl. 75 (copy)
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