Back to Collection
AP.01.04 HARRAK

The Chaldean Monastery of Rabban Hurmizd, Lower īwān, above the door of the “room of the Fathers”. , Jabal Alqōš

Jabal Alqōš › Nineveh
Date
1883
Language
Syriac
No image available
Transcription
ܒܝܪܚin the month ofphraseroot ܝܪܚ ܐܕܪĀdār (March)noun : ܐܦܦܓ1883numeral ܠܡܪܢof our Lordnounroot ܡܪ
ܐܬܚܕܬwas renovatedverbroot ܚܕܬ ܬܪܥܐthe gatenounalso the doorroot ܬܪܥ ܗܢܐthis (m.)demonstrativeroot ܗܢܐ ܘܐܬܬܩܝܡand was establishedverbroot ܩܘܡ ܐܣܛܘܐīwān (portico)noun
ܚܕܬܐnewadjectiveroot ܚܕܬ ܠܐܝܩܪin honour ofnounroot ܝܩܪ ܩܠܝܬܐcellnounroot ܩܠܝ ܕܐܒܗ̈ܬܐof fathersnounroot ܐܒ ܓܒܪܝܠGabriēlproper-noun ܘܚܢܐand Hannāproper-noun
ܘܥܡܢܘܐܝܠand ʿAmmānūʾēlproper-noun ܪ̈ܫܢܐ ܓܘܢܝ̈ܐ ܚ̈ܣܝܐ ܕܝܚܝܕܝܘܬܐof the Life of Singlenessnounroot ܝܚܕ

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) In the month of Ādār (March), (the year) 1883 of our Lord, (2) this door was renovated and an īwān was established (3)—a new one—in honour of the cell of the Abbots Gabriēl, Hannā, and (4) ‛Ammānū’ēl, Superiors General—venerable men of the Life of Singleness.

Context
Location Detail Lower īwān, above the door of a room called “room of the Fathers”.
Dimensions 1.00m x 0.50m
People & Roles
Abbots Abbots Gabriēl, Hannā, ‛Ammānū’ēl, Superiors General
Ecclesiastical Titles Superiors General; Abbots; Life of Singleness
Religion & Practice
Monasteries Renovation in the Monastery of Rabban Hurmizd
Material & Physical
Architecture Door renovated and a new īwān established
Buildings (Administrative) Īwān
Cross Ornamental cross carved in the middle of the lintel
Personal Names
Gabriēl Danbō (Gabriēl) Hannā ‛Ammānū’ēl
References
Harrak 2010, p.461; Vosté 1930, # 5; Ḥaddād 1977, p. 176
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.

Donate to the Project Contact the Team
Full image