The Story and Proverbs of Ahiqar the Wise Dr. Aly Elrefaei Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Theologische Fakultät, Seminar für Altes Testament Distributed under a Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) License. Great Britain Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham Mingana syr. 237 codex 1750 Mingana, Alphonse, Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts now in the Possession of the Trustees of the Woodbrooke Settlement, vol. 1, Cambridge 1933, 483-484. Graf, GCAL I, p. 219. Brock, Sebastian P., "A Piece of Wisdom Literature in Syriac", Journal of Semitic Studies 13/2 (1968), p. 212-217.

West Syrian

This fragment is a conversation between Pharaoh and Ahikar.

 proverb prose Arabic English Karshuni color: red Serto Jerusalem Convertion to specified TEI by SUB Göttingen A Question. Pharaoh said to Haiqar: "What is hotter than fire?" Haiqar said: "Kings are hotter than fire." Also, Pharaoh said to Haiqar: "What is sharper than a sword?" Haiqar said: "The tongue is sharper than a sword." Also, Pharaoh said to Haiqar: "What is it that can carry more than a thousand camel-loads?" Haiqar said: "The heart of a wise man can carry more than those." Completed with the help of God the Exalted. مساله. قال فرعون لحيقار ايش احر من النار قال حيقار الملوك احر من النار. ايضا. قال فرعون لحيقار ايش يكون احدّ من السيف. قال حيقار اللسان احدّ من السيف. ايضا قال فرعون لحيقار ايش يكون الذي يحمل اكتر من الف حمل جمل. قال حيقار قلب انسان حكيم يحمل اكتر من هولاي كملوا بعون الله تعالى ܡܣܐܠܗ. ܩܐܠ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܠܚܝܩܐܪ ܐܝܫ ܐܚܪ ܡܢ النار ܩܐܠ ܚܝܩܐܪ ܐܠܡܠܘܟ ܐܚܪ ܡܢ ܐܠܢܐܪ ܐܝܜܐ. ܩܐܠ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܠܚܝܩܐܪ ܐܝܫ ܝܟܘܢ ܐܚܕ ܡܢ ܐܠܣܝܦ. ܩܐܠ ܚܝܩܐܪ ܐܠܠܣܐܢ ܐܚܕ ܡܢ ܐܠܣܝܦ ܐܝܜܐ ܩܐܠ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܠܚܝܩܐܪ ܐܝܫ ܝܟܘܢ ܐܠܕܝ ܝܚܡܠ ܐܟܬܪ ܡܢ ܐܠܦ ܚܡܠ ܓܡܠ. ܩܐܠ ܚܝܩܐܪ ܩܠܒ ܐܢܣܐܢ ܚܟܝܡ ܝܚܡܠ ܐܟܬܪ ܡܢ ܗܘܠܐܝ ܟܡܠܘܐ ܒܥܘܢ ܐܠܠܗ ܬܥܐܠܝ