Coptic funerary inscription for a man named Hypnos with an invocation to the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641); presumably 6th/7th century, most likely from Antinoopolis or Hermopolis (Middle Egypt).
Evidence ID
E01301
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
B.N. 43
+̣ ⲡ̣ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲕ̣(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ⲩ̣ⲡⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ
ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲯⲭⲏ
ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣ̣-
ⲗⲏⲗ ϩⲁ ⲧⲁⲯⲭⲏ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡϫⲟ-
ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲟⲟⲛⲉⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉ-
ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ
ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁ-
ⲱⲛϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥⲧⲙⲛⲁⲩ
ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ +
'The blessed Hypnos. God of saint Kollouthos, may you have mercy on his soul. Amen. And may you (Kollouthos) pray for my soul, since the Lord has turned me around during the days of my early childhood. For which human being who will live shall not experience death?'
Translation: Gesa Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The grave stele is kept at the Bibliothéque Nationale in Paris, Inv. 43.Discussion
For a comparison with other invocations to the God of saint Kollouthos on grave steles, see E01263 and E01264.The invocation to Kollouthos with respect to the person who commissioned the stele seems to refer to himself as having received healing as a child through the intercession of the saint.
Bibliography
Revillout, E., 'Mélanges d’épigraphie et de linguistique égyptienne', in: Mélanges d’ Archéologie égyptienne et assyrienne, Paris, 1873–1876, II, 166–196, esp. 173–174.Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
23/4/2016
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ | Certain |
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