Coptic inscription on wood with an invocation to *Apollo (monk and monastic founder, S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt); probably 7th/8th c.
Evidence ID
E01260
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
KSB 1 355
+ ⲡ- ⲫⲁ-
ⲓⲱ<ⲧ> ⲡ̣- ⲅⲓⲟⲥ
ϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁ-
ⲡ̣ⲡ- ⲡⲟⲗⲱ
ⲛⲉⲩ- ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡ-
ⲙⲁ ⲁⲙⲉ̣-
ⲉⲧⲟ- ⲉⲩ ⲁⲛ-
ⲩⲁⲁⲃ̣ ⲟⲕ ⲃⲁ-
ⲛⲉ ⲡⲓ-
ⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ)
'Father, Son, (and) Holy Spirit. Saint Apa Apollo, remember me, Bane, the least!'
Translation: G. Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The inscription inv. AF 6975 is made on wood and is kept at the Museé du Louvre in Paris. The excavation context suggests it is of the 7th/8th century.Bibliography
Edition:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 130.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
11/4/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ | Certain |
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