The Chaldean Monastery of Rabban Hurmizd, patriarchal graveyard. , Jabal Alqōš

(1-5) The Living One who is not mortal! In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit: As soon as I existed—I Mār Šem‛ōn, Catholicos- (6-7a) Patriarch of the East—God the first Light I came to know. (10b) I confessed (11a) and believed (7b-10a) in his Son Jesus Christ: complete God and complete Man, Two Natures, Two qnōmē, and one parsōpā. (11b-15) I loved his Spirit. I paid homage to his Cross. I shared his Body and Blood. And I died on his hope that he may raise me up. The ship arrived thus far, settling at the harbor of rest. (16-20) They buried me here in your trust, O Christ King, so that on your Divine Day I may see the light of your honourable and glorious countenance. I departed from this life on the fifth (21-25) in the month of Āb (August), the year 1849, according to the computation of Greece: Glory to God, and his mercy and compassion upon us forever and ever amen. The Priest Yisrā’ēl, foolish and sinner wrote (it).