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Coptic inscription on a wooden lintel with an invocation to the Archangels Michael (S00181) and Gabriel (S00192), and to *Apollo and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt); datable to the 6th/7th century.

Evidence ID

E01262

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements

KSB 1 358

ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲱ̣
ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ

'Michael, Apa Apollo, Gabriel, Apa Phib.'

Translation: G. Schenke

Non Liturgical Activity

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The wooden lintel inv. E 12135 is kept at the Museé du Louvre in Paris.

Bibliography

Edition:
Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 131.

Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

11/4/2016

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00181	Michael, the Archangel	ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲭⲁⲏⲗ	Certain
S00192	Gabriel, the Archangel	ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ	Certain
S00774	Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders	ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ	Certain

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Coptic inscription on a wooden lintel with an invocation to the Archangels Michael (S00181) and Gabriel (S00192), and to *Apollo and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt); datable to the 6th/7th century.

E01262

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Bibliography

Gesa Schenke

11/4/2016

Coptic inscription on a wooden lintel with an invocation to the Archangels *Michael (S00181) and *Gabriel (S00192), and to *Apollo and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt); datable to the 6th/7th century.

E01262

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Bibliography

Gesa Schenke

11/4/2016

Coptic inscription on a wooden lintel with an invocation to the Archangels Michael (S00181) and Gabriel (S00192), and to *Apollo and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt); datable to the 6th/7th century.