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FA.01.22 HARRAK

The Citadel of Takrit, outside the citadel, to the east of it , City of Takrit

City of Takrit › Baghdad
Date
Before the 14th century
Period
Abbasid
Language
Syriac
Ruler
al-Nāṣir-li-dīn-Allāh
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Transcription
ܕܐܠܗܐof Godnounroot ܐܠܗ [...]
ܘܨܠܝand prayingverbroot ܨܠܐ ܝܘܢܢYonan (Jonah)proper-noun ܩܕܡbeforeprepositionalso in front ofroot ܩܕܡ [ܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounalso Lordroot ܡܪ ܐܠܗܗ]his Godnounroot ܐܠܗ
ܡܢfromprepositionalso ofroot ܡܢ ܡ̈ܥܘܗܝbelly ofnounroot ܡܥܐ ܕܢܘܢܐof the fishnounroot ܢܘܢ [ܘܐܡܪand sayverbroot ܐܡܪ ܩܪܝܬ]village (construct)nounroot ܩܪܝ
ܒܥܩܬܝin my distressnounroot ܥܩ ܘܥـ[ܢܢܝ ܘܡܢand fromprepositionroot ܡܢ ܟܪܣܐ]bellynounroot ܟܪܣ ܠܡܪܝܐthe Lordnounroot ܡܪܐ
ܕ]ܫܝܘܠ ܓـ[ܥܝܬ ܘܫܡܥܬand you heardverbroot ܫܡܥ ܒܩܠܝ]my call/voicenounroot ܩܠ

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) […] of God […]. (2) And Jonah prayed before [the Lord his God] (3) from the belly of the fish, [saying: I called] (4) to the Lord out of my distress and he answ[ered me, and out of the belly (5) of] Sheol I cri[ed, and you heard my call].

Context
Location Detail Outside the Citadel, to the east of it. Museum No.: Museum für Islamische Kunst I. 4251; published Courtesy of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Museum für Islamische Kunst.
Ruler Al-Nāṣir-li-dīn-Allāh
Religion & Practice
Prayer Jonah prayed before the Lord from the belly of the fish
Monasteries Al-Chenīsā monastery (Kansat al-‛Abd, Church of the Servants)
Churches & Shrines Named After Massive church with architectural plan proper to Syriac Christianity
Literature Biblical quotation Jonah 2:1-3
Material & Physical
Buildings (Administrative) Administrative quarter at the site
Reliefs Paintings of monastic figures decorating walls
Currency Box of 58 coins, late Abbasid until Caliph al-Nāṣir-li-dīn-Allāh, Fatimid and Atabeg periods
History & Context
Countries & Cities (Foreign) Takrit; Kirkūk
Rivers Tigris (site east of the Tigris)
Personal Names
Jonah
References
Harrak 2010, p.627
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