File:Yüen Dynasty Nestorian Headstone Rubbing.jpg
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DescriptionYüen Dynasty Nestorian Headstone Rubbing.jpg |
English: A Nestorian headstone rubbing, the original headstone belongs to a Nestorian christian named Elisabeth. Found at Yangchow in 1981, currently in the Yangchow Museum. 1317 A.D., Mongol dynasty (1271–1368). The Chinese inscription reads: "歲次丁巳延祐四年三月初九日三十三歲身故,五月十六日明吉大都忻都妻也里世八之墓。" (The tomb of Yelishiba [Elizabeth], wife of Xindu of the Great Capital, who died at the age of 33 in the cyclical year dingsi [fire snake year] on the 9th day of the 3rd month of the 4th year of the Yanyou era [1317], and was buried on an auspicious day on the 16th day of the 5th month.) The Turkish text in Syriac script reads: "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. In 1628 according to the calculation of the Emperor Alexander, in the year of the snake, in the third month, on the ninth day [20th of May 1317], the wife of the Xindu from Dadu [Beijing], the woman Elizabeth, at the age of 33 accomplished the order of God. Her vitality and her body have settled down in this tomb. Her soul may find home and destination in paradise accompanied by the everlastingly pure women Sarah, Rebecca and Rachel. May she be commemorated for ever. Amen, yes and Amen!"
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Source | http://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/19773/17230 |
Author | AnonymousUnknown author |
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