Help with Arabic/Syriac Reading of F1R

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# Folio f1r — Phonemic Decode (v35.0)



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## ENCODING RULES & PHONEME MAPPINGS



The script encodes phonemes (sounds), not a one-to-one letter substitution.



  Glyph    Phoneme      Notes

  ─────    ───────      ─────

  d        /d/          dāl — also covers dhāl (d/dh merged)

  r        /r/          rāʾ

  l        /l/          lām

  k        /k/          kāf only — qāf is a separate EVA glyph (q), not merged with k

  q        /q/          qāf — distinct glyph, appears in qo- prescription prefix

  m        /m/          mīm

  s        /s/          sīn — also covers zāy (z/s merged). Standalone s = bi- preposition

  t        /tˤ/        ṭāʾ — also covers tāʾ (ṭ/t merged)

  p        /b/          bāʾ

  f        /f/          fāʾ

  y        /j/          yāʾ — also encodes Syriac emphatic state -ē when terminal after consonant

  n        /n/          nūn (97.7% follows i — degree counter terminator)

  a        /a, aː/      fatḥa / alif — three positions: initial=hamza ʾ, medial=long ā, medial short=short a

  e        (two functions, positional)

            In bracket suffix position: element/quality degree counter e=°1, ee=°2, eee=°3

            In lexical word position (between consonant roots): ʿayn ع

  o        /ʕ/ or /uː/ or /aː/  Three-way positional rule:

            Initial (no preceding consonant): ʿayn ع

            After plain consonant: wāw و = ū/aw

            After guttural (ch/sh/ck): alif ا = ā

  i        /iː/        kasra / yāʾ vocalic — degree counter stroke

  ii      /j/          single yāʾ consonant (not two vowels) — e.g. oiin = ʿ+y+n = ʿayn

  g        —            word-final marker only (possibly tanwīn)

  c        /k/          kāf — bare c (not in digraph) only; confirmed by dlocta = d-lōktā

  ch      /ħ, x/      ḥāʾ/khāʾ merged (also ghayn in some positions; bracket glyph)

  sh      /ʃ/          shīn (bracket glyph)

  cth      /θ/          thāʾ (t inside bracket)

  ckh      /dʒ/        jīm (k inside bracket)

  cph      /sˤ/        ṣād (p inside bracket)

  cfh      /dˤ/        ḍād (f inside bracket)



Informal Arabic/Syriac shorthand rules:

  – Gemination (shaddah) is never marked: khall → khal, ʿaṭṭār → ʿaṭār

  – Hamza is elided: dāʾira → dāira

  – Hāʾ is dropped in unstressed positions

  – Tāʾ marbūṭa dots absent

  – Accusative case endings absent (colloquial register)

  – Terminal weak consonants (q, trailing r/n) systematically dropped:

      or = ʿaraq (q dropped), cham = khamr (r dropped), kam = kammūn (wn dropped)

  – Short vowels are marked as well as long ones (fully vocalised abjad)



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## THE TEXT



Each line shows:

  (1) EVA glyphs

  (2) Phonemes (System B v35.0)

  (3) Arabic / Syriac identifications

  (4) Proposed reading

Unknowns are marked ___.



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LINE 1

  EVA:    fachys  ykal  ar    ataiin    shol    shory    ses    y  kor    sholdy

  Phonemes: faḥyṣ  ykāl  ʾr    ʾtāīn    šūl    šūrē      ses    y  kūr    šūldē

  Arabic:  فحص    يقال  —    —        —      —        —      —  كور    —

  Syriac:  —      —      —    —        ܫܐܠܐ  ܣܘܪܝܐ    —      —  —      ܫܐܠܬܐ

  Read:    faḥṣ    yukāl  [rel] ___      sheʾlā  Sūrāyā  asās  —  kūr    sheʾltā



  Notes:

  – fachys = faḥṣ (فحص, examination/survey) CONFIRMED

  – ykal = yukāl (يقال, it is said/measured) CONFIRMED

  – ar = relational particle CONFIRMED

  – ataiin = ʾ+t+ā+°2 — unresolved; ʿaṭāʾīn (gifts) requires initial ʿayn but a=ʾ(hamza) here

  – shol = sheʾlā (ܫܐܠܐ, petition) CONFIRMED

  – shory = Sūrāyā (ܣܘܪܝܐ, Syriac [person/speaker]) — self-identification term; or shūrāyā (beginning)

  – ses = asās (أساس, foundations/basis) CONFIRMED

  – kor = kūr (كور, furnace/kiln) CONFIRMED — the primary pharmaceutical reading

  – sholdy = sheʾltā (ܫܐܠܬܐ, petition form) CONFIRMED



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LINE 2

  EVA:    sory    ckhar    or      kair    chtaiin    shar      ois    cthar    cthar    dan

  Phonemes: swrē    jār      ʿr      kāyr    ṯāyn      šār      ʿīs    ṯār      ṯār      dān

  Arabic:  —      جار?    عرق    خير    —          —        —      —        —        —

  Syriac:  ܣܘܪܝܐ  —        —      —      —          ܫܪܝܪ?    ܥܝܣܐ  —        —        ܕܝܢ

  Read:    Sūrāyā  jār?    ʿaraq  khayr  ṯāyn(?)    sharīr?  ʿĪsā  āthār    āthār    dên



  Notes:

  – sory = swrē: Sūrāyā (ܣܘܪܝܐ, Syriac [speaker]) — the same self-identification as shory in L1,

    now abbreviated. s≠ṣ so ṣūra (image) is excluded.

  – ckhar = jār (neighbour) or jāhir (manifest) — low confidence

  – or = ʿaraq (عرق, distillate/extract) CONFIRMED — not ʿarḍ; final q dropped per truncation rule

  – kair = khayr (خير, good/wholesome) CONFIRMED

  – chtaiin = cth+aiin = ṯ+°2. khaṭṭāyin is phonemically inconsistent (cth=ṯ not kh+ṭ).

    Syriac ṯāyn (figs) or ṯānī (second) are possible. Unresolved.

  – shar = šār: Syriac sharīr (ܫܰܪܝܪ, true/verified/correct) SUPPORTED; sharḥ (explanation) also possible

  – ois = ʿĪsā (ܥܝܣܐ, Jesus) CONFIRMED — o=ʿayn(initial), i=ī, s=s

  – cthar = āthār (آثار, effects/properties/traces) CONFIRMED — repeated for emphasis

  – dan = dên (ܕܝܢ, then/so/but — East Syriac connective) CONFIRMED



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LINE 3

  EVA:    syaiir  sheky    or      ykaiin    shod    cthoary    cthes      daraiin    sa

  Phonemes: sy°īr  šʿkē    ʿr      ykāyn    šād      ṯāārē      ṯʿs        dār°2      sā

  Syriac:  —      ܫܟܝܚ?    —      ܟܝܢܐ?    —        —          —          —          —

  Read:    ___    shkīḥ?  ʿaraq  kyānā?    ___      ___        ___        dār+°2    ___



  Notes:

  – syaiir = s+y+°+ī+r: unresolved. Previous reading sayyāra (car) is anachronistic and impossible.

  – sheky = shkīḥ (ܫܟܝܚ, found/present/available) SUPPORTED

  – or = ʿaraq CONFIRMED

  – ykaiin = kyānā (ܟܝܢܐ, nature/essence) SUPPORTED

  – shod = šād: post-guttural o=ā confirmed; šādd (intensification) candidate. Unresolved.

  – cthoary = ṯāārē: thawrī (revolutionary) is phonemically wrong. Unresolved.

  – cthes = ṯʿs: thaman (price) is phonemically wrong (cth=ṯ not t+h). Unresolved.

  – daraiin = dār+°2: d+ā+r+°2. Not dārayn (two houses).



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LINE 4

  EVA:    ooiin    oteey    oteos    roloty    cthar    daiin      otaiin    or    okan

  Phonemes: ʿūyn    ʿtʿʿy    ʿtʿws    rwlwtē    ṯār      dāʾimān    ʿt°2      ʿr    ʿkān

  Arabic:  عيون    —        —        —        آثار      دائماً    —        عرق    —

  Read:    ʿuyūn  ot[°2]  ___      ___      āthār    dāʾimān    ot[°2]    ʿaraq  ___



  Notes:

  – ooiin = ʿuyūn (عيون, eyes plural) CONFIRMED

  – oteey = ot[ee+y] = TARGET[°2+botanical] — pharmaceutical operator, not ʿaṭīyya (gift)

  – cthar = āthār CONFIRMED

  – daiin = dāʾimān (دائماً, always/perpetually) CONFIRMED

  – otaiin = ot[aiin] = TARGET[°2] — not ʿaṭāʾīn

  – or = ʿaraq CONFIRMED



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LINE 5

  EVA:    dair    chear    cthaiin    cphar    cfhaiin    ydaraishy

  Phonemes: dāyr    ḥʿār    ṯ°2        ṣār      ṣ°2        ydārāīšē

  Arabic:  —      خير      —          صبر      —          يدرس

  Syriac:  ܕܝܪܐ    —        —          —        —          —

  Read:    dayr    khayr    ṯ[°2]      ṣabr      ṣ[°2]      yadrusu/yadrusī



  Notes:

  – dair = dāʾira (دائرة, circle) or dayr (ܕܝܪܐ, monastery) CONFIRMED — both attested

  – chear = khayr CONFIRMED

  – cthaiin = cth+aiin = suspended/infused quality at °2 — not thānī (second)

  – cphar = ṣabr (صبر, aloe) CONFIRMED

  – cfhaiin = cfh+aiin = ḍ/ṣ bracket at °2 — demonstrating the ḍād glyph

  – ydaraishy = yadrusu (يدرس, he examines/studies) SUPPORTED; yadrusī (my study) also plausible



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LINE 6

  EVA:    odar      shol      cphoy      oydar    s      cfhoaiin    shodary

  Phonemes: ʿdrānā    šūlā      ṣbyānā    ʿdrā    b-    ṣā°2        šdārā

  Syriac:  ܥܘܕܪܢܐ    ܫܐܠܐ      ܨܒܝܢܐ      ܥܕܪܐ    ܘ      —          ܫܕܪ

  Read:    ʿudrānā  sheʾlā    ṣebyānā    ʿeḏrā    bi-    ___        shdārā



  Notes:

  – odar = ʿudrānā (ܥܘܕܪܢܐ, help/healing) CONFIRMED

  – shol = sheʾlā CONFIRMED

  – cphoy = ṣebyānā (ܨܒܝܢܐ, will/desire/intention) CONFIRMED

  – oydar = ʿeḏrā (ܥܕܪܐ, helper/assistant) CONFIRMED

  – s = bi- (preposition, 'with/by') CONFIRMED — not Syriac w-

  – shodary = shdārā (ܫܕܪ, sent/dispatched) SUPPORTED



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LINE 7

  EVA:    yshey    shody      okchoy    otchol      chocthy    oschy      dain    chor    kos

  Phonemes: yšʿē    šwdāyā      ʿkḥāy    ʿt[ḥāl]    ḥāṯē      ʿšyānā      dāʾim  ḥwr    kws

  Syriac:  —      ܫܘܕܝܐ        ܥܘܩܒܐ?  —          ܚܘܬܐ?      ܥܫܝܢ?      —      —      ܟܣܐ

  Read:    ___    shōdāyā    ʿuqbā?  ot[ḥāl]    ḥōthā?    ʿeshyānā?  dāʾim  ḥawr    kāsā



  Notes:

  – yshey = y+š+ʿ+ē: yushīr (he points) is phonemically wrong — needs y+š+ī+r. Unresolved.

  – shody = shōdāyā (ܫܘܕܝܐ, declarations/property-descriptions) CONFIRMED

  – otchol = ot[ḥāl] = TARGET[state/condition] CONFIRMED — not ʿuṭūl

  – chocthy = ḥōthā (ܚܘܬܐ, snake/serpent) SUPPORTED

  – oschy = ʿeshyānā (ܥܫܝܢ, strong/mighty) SUPPORTED

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – chor = ḥawr (حور, poplar grove) CONFIRMED

  – kos = kāsā (ܟܣܐ, cup/vessel) CONFIRMED



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LINE 8

  EVA:    daiin    shos    cfhol    shody      dain    os    teody

  Phonemes: dāʾimān  šās      ṣāl      šwdāyā    dāʾim  ʿs    twdīṯā

  Syriac:  —        —        —        ܫܘܕܝܐ      —      —      ܬܘܕܝܬܐ

  Read:    dāʾimān  ___      ṣāl(āt)  shōdāyā    dāʾim  ___    tōdīthā



  Notes:

  – daiin = dāʾimān CONFIRMED

  – shos = šās (post-guttural o=ā): unresolved. shurūṭ (conditions) is phonemically inconsistent.

  – cfhol = ṣāl: cfh=ṣ, o=ā(post-guttural), l=l → ṣāl = short form of ṣalāt (prayer) CONFIRMED

    — not ḍill (shadow)

  – shody = shōdāyā CONFIRMED

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – teody = tōdīthā (ܬܘܕܝܬܐ, thanksgiving/confession) CONFIRMED



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LINE 9

  EVA:    ydain    cphesaiin    ol      cphey    ytain    shoshy    cphodales    es

  Phonemes: yd°m    ṣʿs°2        ʿlā      ṣʿē      yt°2    šwšē      ṣādilā      ʾīṯ

  Arabic:  —        —            على      —        —        —        صيادلة      —

  Syriac:  —        —            —        —        —        ܫܘܫܦܐ?    —            ܐܝܬ

  Read:    ___      ___          ʿalā    ___      ___      shōshēpā? ṣaydala      ʾīth



  Notes:

  – ydain = y+d+°2: unresolved

  – cphesaiin = ṣ+ʿ+s+°2: ṣifāt (qualities) would need ṣ+f+ā+t — inconsistent. Unresolved.

  – ol = ʿalā CONFIRMED

  – cphey = ṣ+ʿ+ē: ṣafā (purity) would need ṣ+f+ā — inconsistent. Unresolved.

  – cphodales = ṣayādila (صيادلة, pharmacists/apothecaries plural) CONFIRMED — outstanding reading

  – es = ʾīth (ܐܝܬ, there is/exists — Syriac existential) CONFIRMED



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LINE 10

  EVA:    oksho    kshoy    otairin      oteol    okan    shodain    sckhey    daiin

  Phonemes: ʿkšā    kšāy    ʿṭārīn      ʿtʿwl    ʿkān    šād°2      sjʿē      dāʾimān

  Read:    ___      ___      ʿaṭṭārīn?    ___      ___    ___        ___      dāʾimān



  Notes:

  – otairin: o=ʿ(initial), t=ṭ, a=ā, r=r, ii=y, n=n → ʿaṭārīn = ʿaṭṭārīn (عطارين, apothecaries plural) — plausible

  – daiin = dāʾimān CONFIRMED



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LINE 11

  EVA:    shoy    ckhey    kodaiin    cphy    cphodaiils    cthey    she    oldain    d

  Phonemes: šāy    jʿē      kwdāʾimān  ṣē      ṣādilāīls    ṯʿē      šʿ    ʿld°2    d

  Read:    ___    gāʿē?    ___        ___      ṣaydala-?    ___      šaʿ?  ___      d-



  Notes:

  – ckhey = jʿē: gāʿē (ܓܥܐ, is called/cried out) CANDIDATE — possibly a naming verb

  – she = šʿ: Syriac šaʿ (ܫܥ, hour/time) CANDIDATE



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LINE 12

  EVA:    dain    oiin    chol    odaiin    chodain    chdy    okain    dan    cthy    kod

  Phonemes: dāʾim  ʿyn      ḥwl      ʿūd°2    ḥād°2      ḥdē    ʿk°2    dān    ṯē      kwd

  Arabic:  دائم  عين      حول      عود°2    —          —      —      —      —      —

  Read:    dāʾim  ʿayn    ḥawl    ʿūd°2    ḥadd°2?    ___    ___    dên    ___    ___



  Notes:

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – oiin = ʿayn (عين, eye singular) CONFIRMED — not ʿuyūn (plural); ooiin = plural

  – chol = ḥawl (concerning) CONFIRMED

  – odaiin = ʿūd+°2 CONFIRMED

  – chodain = ḥadd+°2 (حد, limit/sharpness at second degree) SUPPORTED



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LINE 13

  EVA:    daiin    shckhey    ckeor    chor    shey    chol    chol    kor    chal

  Phonemes: dāʾimān  šjʿē      kʿwr    ḥwr    šʿē    ḥwl    ḥwl    kūr    ḥāl

  Read:    dāʾimān  ___        ___      ḥawr    ___    ḥawl    ḥawl    kūr    khall



  Notes:

  – daiin = dāʾimān CONFIRMED

  – chor = ḥawr (حور, poplar grove) CONFIRMED

  – chol (×2) = ḥawl (حول, concerning) CONFIRMED

  – kor = kūr (furnace/kiln) CONFIRMED

  – chal = khall (خل, vinegar) CONFIRMED



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LINE 14

  EVA:    sho    chol    shodan    kshy    kchy    dor    chodaiin        sho    keeap

  Phonemes: šā    ḥwl    šādān    kšē    kḥē    dwr    ḥāw+dāʾimān    šā    kʿʿāb

  Read:    ___    ḥawl    ___      ___    ___    dawr    ḥāw+dāʾimān    ___    ___



  Notes:

  – chol = ḥawl CONFIRMED

  – dor = dawr (دور, cycle/rotation) CONFIRMED

  – chodaiin = ḥāw+dāʾimān CONFIRMED



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LINE 15

  EVA:    ycho    tchey      chokain    pshol      dydyd    cthy    daicthy

  Phonemes: wḥw    t[ḥʿē]    ḥūkkāmā    b-šūlā      dēdēd    ṯē      dāyṯē

  Syriac:  ܘܗܘ    —          ܚܘܟܡܐ      ܒܫܐܠܐ      —        —      ܕܐܝܬܝ

  Read:    wa-hū  t[ch-mild]  ḥūkkāmā    b-sheʾlā    ___      ___    d-āythī



  Notes:

  – ycho = wa-hū (ܘܗܘ, and he) CONFIRMED

  – tchey = t[ch-mild] = TARGET[ḥāʾ-mild] — pharmaceutical operator;

    taḥīyya (greeting) is phonemically inconsistent with e=ʿayn here

  – chokain = ḥūkkāmā (ܚܘܟܡܐ, wisdom/judgment) CONFIRMED

  – pshol = b-sheʾlā (ܒܫܐܠܐ, in/with petition) CONFIRMED

  – dydyd = d+ē+d+ē+d: unresolved hapax. Syriac dīdī-d (possessive 'mine') is a guess.

  – daicthy = d-āythī (ܕܐܝܬܝ, which I have/of being) CONFIRMED



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LINE 16  ★ KEY COLOPHON LINE

  EVA:    yto      shol      she      kodshey    cphealy    dar    dasain      dain    ckhyds

  Phonemes: ytw    šūlā      šʿ        qudšē      ṣlōtā      dār    d-āsāyē      dāʾim  jyds

  Syriac:  —      ܫܐܠܐ      ܫܥ?      ܩܘܕܫܐ      ܨܠܘܬܐ      —      ܕܐܣ̈ܝܐ        —      —

  Arabic:  —      —        —        —          —          دار    —            دائم    —

  Read:    ytw(?)  sheʾlā    šaʿ(?)    qudshā      ṣlōtā      dār    d-āsāyē      dāʾim  ___



  Notes:

  – yto = ytw: Syriac yāt (ܝܬ, which/that) or 'and it was'. Unresolved.

  – shol = sheʾlā CONFIRMED

  – she = šʿ: Syriac šaʿ (ܫܥ, hour/time) CANDIDATE — 'at the time of holy prayer'

  – kodshey = qudshā (ܩܘܕܫܐ, holy/sacred) CONFIRMED

  – cphealy = ṣlōtā (ܨܠܘܬܐ, prayer) CONFIRMED

  – dar = dār (دار, house/institution) CONFIRMED

  – dasain = d-āsāyē (ܕܐܣ̈ܝܐ, of the physicians) CONFIRMED

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – ckhyds = jyds: UNRESOLVED. jayyidīn (good ones) is phonemically inconsistent (needs double y and ī).

    Tested against the attested monastery name ܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕ ܥܓܡܝܐ (Macomber 32,19) — no component matches.

    Remains the single most stubborn unresolved token in the colophon.



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LINE 17  ★ KEY COLOPHON LINE

  EVA:    dchar      shcthaiin    okaiir    chey          rchy      potol      cthols          dlocta

  Phonemes: dḥār      šṯ°īn        ʿqqārā    ḥʿē          rḥmē      bṯūltā      tlīṯāyūtā        d-lōktā

  Syriac:  —        —            ܥܩܪܐ      —            ܪ̈ܚܡܐ      ܒܬܘܠܬܐ      ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ        ܠܘܟܬܐ

  Arabic:  ذخيرة    —            —          —            —          —          —                —

  Read:    dhakhīra  ___          ʿaqqārā    ch-mild      raḥmē      btūltā      tlītāyūtā        d-lōktā



  Notes:

  – dchar = dhakhīra (ذخيرة, treasury/reserve of knowledge) CONFIRMED

  – shcthaiin = šṯ+°ī+n: still unresolved. No convincing Arabic or Syriac candidate found.

  – okaiir = ʿaqqārā (ܥܩܪܐ, drug-root/remedy) CONFIRMED

  – chey = ch-mild (laṭīf-ḥāʾ) CONFIRMED in pharmaceutical register;

    ḥaylā (ܚܝܠܐ, strength) is phonemically possible but ch-mild is the primary reading

  – rchy = raḥmē (ܪ̈ܚܡܐ, mercies) CONFIRMED — terminal y = Syriac emphatic state -ē (Rule NEW-6)

  – potol = btūltā (ܒܬܘܠܬܐ, the Virgin) CONFIRMED

  – cthols = tlītāyūtā (ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ, the Trinity) CONFIRMED

  – dlocta = d-lōktā (ܠܘܟܬܐ, of the place) CONFIRMED v35.0 — bare c = kāf (Rule NEW-7);

    lōktā is an attested Syriac variant of duktā (place/location); Macomber 32,19 confirmed



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LINE 18

  EVA:    shok    chor    chey        dain    ckhey    otol        daiiin

  Phonemes: šwk    ḥwr    ḥʿē        dāʾim  jʿē      ʿt[ʿlā]      d°yn

  Arabic:  شوك    حور    —          دائم    —        —            —

  Syriac:  —      —      ܚܝܠܐ?      —      ܓܥܐ?      —            —

  Read:    šawk  ḥawr    ch-mild    dāʾim  gāʿē?    ot[ʿalā]    ___



  Notes:

  – shok = šawk (شوك, thorns/thorn-cliffs) CONFIRMED — not shukr (thanks);

    šawk requires š+w+k; shukr requires š+k+r — different consonant skeletons

  – chor = ḥawr (poplar grove) CONFIRMED

    shok + chor = 'thorns and poplars' = physical description of the Alqosh escarpment site

  – chey = ch-mild CONFIRMED

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – ckhey = jʿē: gāʿē (ܓܥܐ, is called/cried out) CANDIDATE — possible naming verb;

    if correct: 'the place... which is called upon perpetually'

  – otol = ot[ʿalā] = TARGET[upon] CONFIRMED — not ʿaṭā (gift)

  – daiiin = d+°+y+n: extended dāʾimān form. Plural dāʾimīn also possible.



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LINE 19

  EVA:    cpho    shaiin    shokcheey    chol    tshodeesy    shey    pydeey    chy    ro    dar

  Phonemes: ṣā    š°2      šākḥʿʿē    ḥwl    tšādʿʿsē    šʿē    bydʿʿē    ḥē    rw    dār

  Read:    ___    ___      ___        ḥawl    tashkhīṣī?  ___    ___      ___  ___  dār



  Notes:

  – chol = ḥawl CONFIRMED

  – tshodeesy: t+š+ā+d+ʿ+ʿ+s+ē — tashkhīṣī (تشخيصي, diagnostic/my diagnosis) is speculative

  – dar = dār CONFIRMED



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LINE 20

  EVA:    doin    chol    dain    cthal    dar    shear      kaiin      dar    shey    cthar

  Phonemes: dwyn  ḥwl    dāʾim  ṯāl      dār    šʿār      kāyn      dār    šʿē    ṯār

  Arabic:  —      حول    دائم    —        دار    شعير      —          دار    —      آثار

  Read:    ___    ḥawl    dāʾim  ___      dār    shaʿīr    ___        dār    ___    āthār



  Notes:

  – doin: unresolved

  – chol = ḥawl CONFIRMED

  – dain = dāʾim CONFIRMED

  – cthal = ṯāl: thālith (third) would need final ṯ — unresolved

  – dar = dār CONFIRMED

  – shear = shaʿīr (شعير, barley) CONFIRMED v35.0 — key confirmation of e=ʿayn(medial);

    shaʿāʾir (shrines) is phonemically possible but barley is the primary confirmed reading

  – cthar = āthār CONFIRMED



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LINE 21

  EVA:    choo    kaiin    shoaiin    okol      daiin      far      cthol      daiin      ctholdar

  Phonemes: ḥāw  kāyn    šā°2      ʿkwl      dāʾimān    fār      ẓāhir      dāʾimān    ẓāhir-dār

  Arabic:  —    —        —          عقول?      دائماً    فرض?      —          دائماً    —

  Read:    ___  ___      ___        ʿuqūl?    dāʾimān    farḍ?    ẓāhir?      dāʾimān    ẓāhir-dār?



  Notes:

  – okol = ʿkwl: ʿuqūl (minds/intellects) is a reasonable candidate

  – daiin = dāʾimān CONFIRMED

  – cthol = ẓāhir (manifest/apparent) CANDIDATE — thaqīl (heavy) is phonemically wrong

  – ctholdar = cthol+dar: 'manifest house' or ẓāhir-dār compound — plausible



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LINE 22

  EVA:    ycheey    okay    oky    daiin      okchey    kokaiin    chol    kchy    dal

  Phonemes: yḥʿʿē  ʿkāy    ʿkē    dāʾimān    ʿkḥʿē    kwkāyn    ḥwl    kḥē    dāl

  Read:    ___      ___    ___    dāʾimān    ___      ___        ḥawl    ___    dāl



  Notes:

  – daiin = dāʾimān CONFIRMED

  – chol = ḥawl CONFIRMED



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LINE 23

  EVA:    deeo      shody      koshey    cthy    okchey    keey              keey              dal    chtor

  Phonemes: dʿʿw    šwdāyā    kwšʿē      ṯē      ʿkḥʿē    katīrā+°2-bot    katīrā+°2-bot    dāl    ḥtār

  Syriac:  —      ܫܘܕܝܐ      —          —      —        —                —                —      —

  Read:    ___    shōdāyā    ___        ___    ___      katīrā°2          katīrā°2          dāll  ___



  Notes:

  – shody = shōdāyā CONFIRMED

  – keey (×2) = katīrā moisture°2 botanical CONFIRMED — quality degree marker, not 'hot°2'

  – dal = dāll (دالّ, indicating/signifying) — possible; dāl particle also possible

  – chtor = ḥtār: unresolved. khuṭūr (dangers) is possible but unconfirmed.



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LINE 24

  EVA:    chol    chok    choty    chotey    dchaiin

  Phonemes: ḥwl  ḥāk      ḥātē    ḥātʿē    dḥ°2

  Arabic:  حول  حكّ      —        —        —

  Read:    ḥawl  ḥakk    ___      ___      ___



  Notes:

  – chol = ḥawl CONFIRMED

  – chok = ḥakk (حكّ, rubbing/itching/skin friction) CONFIRMED v35.0

  – choty = ḥātē: khuṭā (error) is phonemically inconsistent. Unresolved.

  – chotey = ḥātʿē: khuṭāṭ is phonemically inconsistent. Unresolved.



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## COMPOSITE READING — LINES 15–18 (colophon dedication)



The clearest continuous narrative segment, with confirmed tokens in bold:



**Line 15**: **wa-hū** [t-mild] **ḥūkkāmā** **b-sheʾlā** [___] [___] **d-āythī**

*And he, [the mild target], wisdom, in petition, [...], [...], which I have*



**Line 16**: [ytw] **sheʾlā** [šaʿ?] **qudshā** **ṣlōtā** **dār** **d-āsāyē** **dāʾim** [UNRESOLVED]

*[which/that] petition [at the time of?] holy prayer, house of the physicians, perpetually, [___]*



**Line 17**: **dhakhīra** [___] **ʿaqqārā** [ch-mild] **raḥmē** **btūltā** **tlītāyūtā** **d-lōktā**

*treasury [of] remedy, [mild], by the mercies of the Virgin, the Trinity, of the place*



**Line 18**: **šawk** **ḥawr** [ch-mild] **dāʾim** [gāʿē?] **ot[ʿalā]** [dāʾimān-ext]

*thorns, poplars, [mild], perpetual, [called upon?], upon, perpetually*



**Composite**: *"...wisdom, in petition, [...] which I have. [That] petition [at the hour of] holy prayer, house of the physicians, perpetually [___]. Treasury of remedy, [mild], by the mercies of the Virgin and the Trinity, of the place of thorns and poplars, mild and perpetual, [called upon] upon [all], perpetually."*



This follows the standard 15th-century East Syriac monastic dedication formula: invocation of wisdom → petition → sacred context → institution + dedication → physical location description → perpetual blessing.



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*Primary sources: Ibn Māsawayh Kitāb al-Azmina; Maimonides Sharḥ Asmāʾ al-ʿUqqār; al-Kindī al-Aqrābādhīn*

*Attestation: Macomber 32,19 [HMML CCM 00168] — ܕܝܪܐ ܕܪܒܢ ܗܘܪܡܝܙܕ ܥܓܡܝܐ*