File:Yüen Dynasty Nestorian Headstone Rubbing.jpg

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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!"
中文(繁體):元朝時期的一塊景敎墓碑,發現於江蘇省揚州市。其上繪有十字蓮花圖案及兩名天使,碑文分漢語和以敍利亞字母書寫的突厥語兩種。漢語碑文記載:「歳次丁巳延祐四年三月初九日三十三歳身故,五月十六日明吉大都忻都妻也里世八之墓。」突厥語碑文記載:「以吾主耶穌基督之名,自亞歷山大帝王時代以降1628年,蛇年三月九日(1317年5月20日),來自大都的忻都之妻也里世八(伊莉莎白),於33歲時走完上帝予她的人間壽數,她的命體在此安眠。願她的靈魂在聖女撒拉利百加以及拉結的陪伴下於天堂安息,願她永遠受到紀念。阿門!」
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Source http://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/19773/17230
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