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AK.01.05 HARRAK

The Chaldean Church of Sts Peter and Paul, courtyard. , Tell-Kēf

Tell-Kēf Nineveh
Date
1948
Language
Syriac and Arabic
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ܗܪܟܐhereadverb ܫܟܝܒ.is laidverbroot ܫܟܒ
ܚܣܝܐvirtuousadjectiveroot ܚܣܐ ܡܪܘܓܐMarrōgēproper-noun ܫܡܘ.Šammōproper-noun
ܠܡnamely (quotative)particleroot ܡܪ ܕܐܬܝܠܕwho was bornverbroot ܝܠܕ ܫܢܬxxx
ܫܢܝ]departedverbroot ܫܢܐ ܫܢܬ.year (construct)nounroot ܫܢ
ܐܨ̈̇ܡܚ ܠܡܪܢof our Lordnounroot ܡܪ

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.

(Syr. 1-5) Here is laid the virtuous Marrōgē Šammō xxxx who was born in the year [… … he departed] in the year 1948 of our Lord. (Arab. 1-8) Here is laid the late Marrōgē [… … …].
(Formerly Church of Mār Qūriāqōs)
This church was small before the expansion which took place in ca. 1851. Originally it was dedicated to the “Small Child” identified in manuscripts as the Martyr Qūriāqōs (Cyriacus)—he is also always mentioned with his mother Juliet. Some sixty years after, it was demolished to be replaced by an even larger structure with three aisles and forty pillars, which was completed in 1931. It was then renamed the Church of the Sacred Heart, though the Small Martyr is still commemorated in the north aisle of the church; Fiey 1965-1968, vol. II, p. 368-369.

Location Detail Courtyard.
Dimensions 1.05m x 0.70m
Churches & Shrines Named After Chaldean Church of the Holy Heart of Jesus; former Church of Mār Qūriāqōs
Architecture Tombstone with incised stele-shaped frame
Marrōgē Šammō
Harrak 2010, p.397
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