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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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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 ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲯⲭⲏ
ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣ̣-
ⲗⲏⲗ ϩⲁ ⲧⲁⲯⲭⲏ ϫⲉ ⲁⲡϫⲟ-
ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲟⲟⲛⲉⲧ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉ-
ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ
ⲛⲓⲙ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁ-
ⲱⲛϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥⲧⲙⲛⲁⲩ
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

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00641Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolisⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥCertain


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