Coptic inscription on a marble grave stele invoking the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) to grant the deceased rest among the saints; of uncertain date, presumably from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) where the great shrine of Kollouthos was situated.
Evidence ID
E01263
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 685
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁ-
ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩ-
ⲑⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲣⲣ ⲟⲩ-
ⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩ-
ⲭⲏ ⲛⲧⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ
ⲁⲙⲁ ϩⲏⲩ ⲉⲕⲧⲓ ⲙ-
ⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲕ-
ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲉⲧⲁⲥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙ-
ⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ
ⲑⲱⲑ ⲓⲇ
ⲛⲧⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲇⲟ-
ⲙⲉⲥ [ ]ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲇⲟⲛⲟⲥ
'God of saint Kollouthos, may you have mercy on the soul of the blessed Ama Heu. May you grant her rest together with your saints. She has gone to rest in the month of Thoth on the 14th day in this year of the seventh indiction.
Translation: Gesa Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The stele is kept at the Coptic Museum in Cairo.Bibliography
Edition:M.R.M. Hasitzka, Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 231.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
11/4/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ | Certain |
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