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Fig. 123c. ʿArdnas, Ṭur ʿAbdin, inscription reused in a wall adjoining the Beth Ṣlutho of the Church of Mor Quryaqos. The text, dated 1206/7, was published by A. Barsoum, Maktbonuto d-ʿal atro d-Ṭur ʿAbdin (1964), 136 and reads: ‘For the glory of God and for the honor of His holy name, and for the commemoration of Mor Quryaqos, the glorious martyr. Gabriel the sinner, son of Masʿud, took care to have this altar (stone) made. Let everyone who reads pray for him and his parents. This took place in the year 1518 of the Greeks. The sinner Mushe inscribed it.’ Photo: Helen Brock (1985). See entries: Inscriptions and Ṭur ʿAbdin.