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AP.01.01 HARRAK

The Chaldean Monastery of Rabban Hurmizd, the second gate of the monastery, above the gate. , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
Date
1902
Language
Syriac
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Transcription
ܐܬܒܢܝwas builtverbroot ܒܢܐ ܬܪܥܐthe gatenounalso the doorroot ܬܪܥ ܗܢthispronoun ܘܩܠܝ̈ܬܐand the cellsnounroot ܩܠܝ
ܬܚܬܝ̈ܬܐ ܘܥܠܝ̈ܬܐand upper onesadjectiveroot ܥܠܐ ܘܬܪܝܢand twonumeralroot ܬܪܝܢ
ܐܣܛܘ̈ܐ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܡܪܝmy Lordnounalso saint (title)root ܡܪ
ܥܡܢܘܐܝܠ‛Ammānū’ēlproper-noun ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐPatriarchnoun ܒܨܦܬthrough the care ofnounroot ܨܦ
ܐܒܐthe Fathernounroot ܐܒ ܐܠܝܐElias (Ēlīā)proper-noun ܡܕܒܪܢܐthe prefectnounroot ܕܒܪ ܇ ܐܨ̈̇ܒyear 1902numeral 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.

English Translation

(1b) This gate, the cells (2), the lower and upper ones, and the two (3a) īwāns (1a) were built (3b) during the days of Mār (4) ‛Ammānū’ēl the Patriarch, through the care of (5) Father Ēlīā the Administrator: 1902 of Our Lord.

Context
Location Detail The second gate of the monastery, above the gate.
Patriarch Yawsep ‛Ammānū’ēl II Tōmā (Mār ‛Ammānū’ēl)
People & Roles
Ecclesiastical Titles Patriarch; Administrator (Father Ēlīā)
Religion & Practice
Monasteries Construction at the Monastery of Rabban Hurmizd
Material & Physical
Architecture Gate, lower and upper cells, two īwāns built
Buildings (Administrative) Īwāns
Personal Names
‛Ammānū’ēl Ēlīā
References
Harrak 2010, p.458; Vosté 1930, # 4; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 6.
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