Coptic funerary inscription on marble from the necropolis of the monastery of Apa Ieremias at Saqqara (Lower Egypt) with an invocation to the typical group of saints celebrated at Saqqara: *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Adam (the first man, S00772), Apa *Ieremias, Apa Enoch, and Ama Sibylla (saints of Saqqara, S00773); datable to the 8th/9th c.
Evidence ID
E01247
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 479
+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ-
ⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ
ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ
ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛ-
ⲱⲭ ⲁⲙⲁ ⲥⲓⲃⲩⲗⲗⲁ
ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲡⲁⲡⲁ
ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩⲥ
ⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛ-
ⲥⲟⲩ : ⲓⲏ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲉ ϩⲛ
ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ
'Father, Son, (and) Holy Spirit. Saint Michael, Saint Mary, Apa Gabriel, our father Adam, Apa Ieremias, Apa Enoch, (and) Ama Sibylla!
Our brother Papa Anoup, the shoemaker, has gone to rest on day 18 of the month Tybi in peace. Amen.'
Translation: Gesa Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble plaque inv. 941 belongs to the Egyptian Collection in Heidelberg.Discussion
Apa Jeremias, Apa Enoch, and Ama Sibylla are frequently referred to as the Saqqara triad of saints.Bibliography
Edition:M.R.M. Hasitzka, Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 171.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
7/4/2016
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | Certain | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ | Certain | S00192 | Gabriel, the Archangel | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ | Certain | S00772 | Adam and Zoe/Eve, the first man and woman | ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ | Certain | S00773 | Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of Saqqara | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ, ⲁⲙⲁ ⲥⲓⲃⲩⲗⲗⲁ | Certain |
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