Coptic funerary inscription from Bawit (Middle Egypt) with a long invocation to a large number of saints including the Archangels *Michael (S00181) and *Gabriel (S00192), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Adam and Zoe/Eve (the first man and woman, S00772), the *Apostles (S00084), the martyrs *Viktor (son of Romanos, Egyptian martyr, S00749), *Phoibamon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), the *Martyrs of Thone (S00771), and a long list of monastic figures including *Apollo, Anoup and Phib (monks and monastic founders, S00774); presumably 6th/8th century.
E01302
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 473
+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲧⲉⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲧⲉⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲍⲱⲏ ⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ ⲛⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲗ̣ⲉ̣
ⲛⲓⲗⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲕⲉⲣⲱⲛⲥⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲝⲓⲙⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲟⲛⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲯⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲛⲟϭ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲉ ⲙⲉ ⲛⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲙⲉ ⲛⲉϥ(ⲥⲛⲏ)ⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲟⲓ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲩⲧⲉⲙⲱⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲉⲣ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲟⲓ ⲛⲧϯⲁⲕⲱⲛ ⲡⲣⲙⲡⲉⲣⲛⲟ(ϭ) : ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲟϥ ⲥⲟⲩ
ⲧϯⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲃⲉ : ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ +
‘Father, Son (and) Holy Spirit. Our father Michael and Gabriel, Mother Mary, our father Adam, mother Zoe and the patriarchs, the prophets (and) the apostles, the martyrs Apa Viktor, Apa Phoibamon, Apa George, Apa Mena, our father Ioannes, Apa Paule, Nilamon, Keronse, Apa Maximine, our fathers, the martyrs of Tone, Apa Psote, the great men, Apa Apollo, Apa Anoup, Apa Phib, Apa Makare and his children, Apa Moyses and his brothers, Apa Pshoi, Apa Pamoun, Apa Eutemon, Apa Papnoute, (and) all the saints who have fulfilled the will of God, remember Apa Pshoi, the deacon, the man from Pernog. He has gone to rest on day five of the month Tybi. Amen.’
Text: Hasitzka, 1993
Translation: G. Schenke
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The grave stele is kept at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, Inv. 233 C.Discussion
For similar grave steles from Bawit, see E01251, and E01252.The martyrs of Thone also occur in an invocation on an ostracon from Wadi Sarga, Middle Egypt (see E01245), there specified as 'the Seven Hundred martyrs of Thone'.
Bibliography
Edition:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 168–169.
Revillout, E., "Mélanges d’épigraphie et de linguistique égyptienne," in: Mélanges d’ Archéologie égyptienne et assyrienne (Paris, 1873–1876), II, 166–196, esp. 175.
Gesa Schenke
25/4/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | ⲧⲉⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | Certain | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ | Certain | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain | S00084 | Apostles, unnamed or name lost | ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ | Certain | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ | Certain | S00192 | Gabriel, the Archangel | ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ | Certain | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲉ | Certain | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ | Certain | S00771 | 700 martyrs of Thone (Middle Egypt) | ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲟⲛⲉ | Uncertain | S00772 | Adam and Zoe/Eve, the first man and woman | ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲧⲉⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲍⲱⲏ | Certain | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲛⲉⲛⲟϭ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ | Certain |
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