Back to Collection
AO.04.01 HARRAK

The Chaldean Church of Mār Qardaġ, Gate of the church, the lintel. , Alqōš

Alqōš Nineveh
Date
1940
Language
Syriac
AO.04.01 View full size
AO.04.01 image 1 AO.04.01 image 2
ܠܐܝܩܪܐfor the glorynounroot ܝܩܪ ܘܠܕܘܟܪܢܐand for remembrancenounroot ܕܟܪ ܛܒܐthe good oneadjectiveroot ܛܒ ܕܣܗܕܐof the martyrnounroot ܣܗܕ ܩܕܝܫܐthe holy oneadjectivealso saintroot ܩܕܫ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܩܪܕܓ:Qardaġproper-noun
ܐܬܩܕܫwas sanctifiedverbroot ܩܕܫ ܥܘܡܪܐmonasterynounroot ܥܡܪ ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܒܝܕby means ofprepositionroot ܐܝܕ ܛܘܒܬܢܘܬthe Beatitude ofnounroot ܛܘܒ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ ܝܘܣܦYawsep (Joseph)proper-noun ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun
ܬܪܝܢܐthe Secondnumeralroot ܬܪܝܢ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐCatholicosnoun ܦܛܪܝܪܟܝܣPatriarchnoun ܕܒܒܠof Babylonproper-noun ܕܟܠܕ̈ܝܐ ( )
ܒܫܢܬin the yearphraseroot ܫܢ ܐܨ݅ܡ̣: ܝܕ:14thnumeral ܒܐܝܠܘܠin Īlōl (September)noun ܆܆

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) For the glory and the good remembrance of the holy martyr Mār Qardaġ, (2) this sanctuary was sanctified by the Beatitude of Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl (3) the Second, Catholicos-Patriarch of Babylon over the Chaldeans ( ) (4) in the year 1940, the 14th of Ilōl (September).

Location Detail Gate of the church, the lintel.
Dimensions 1.25m x 0.45m
Patriarch Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl the Second
Ecclesiastical Titles Catholicos-Patriarch
Relics Holy martyr Mār Qardaġ
Churches & Shrines Named After Sanctuary sanctified for Mār Qardaġ
Periods / Eras Year 1940, 14th of Ilōl (September)
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Babylon
Mār Qardaġ Mār Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl the Second
Harrak 2010, p.441
Support the Archive

Help Preserve
Endangered Inscriptions

Many of the sites documented in this archive have since been damaged or destroyed. Your support enables ongoing fieldwork, digitization, and scholarly publication.

Full image