Coptic funerary inscription with an invocation to the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) to have mercy on the soul of the deceased; from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), presumably 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E01310
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 2 1070
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ
ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲉ
ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉ-
ⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕ<ⲁ>ⲣⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲥⲓⲁ ⲡⲥⲁ ⲛⲟⲕⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙ-
ⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲅ
ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ
(ⲓⲛ)ⲇ(ⲓ)ⲕ(ⲧⲓⲱⲛⲟⲥ)
'God of saint Kollouthos, may you have mercy on the soul of the blessed Sia, the sesame dealer/maker, who has gone to rest on day three of the month Pauni in this 10th indiction year.1
Translation: Gesa Schenke.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble grave stele was found in Antinoopolis/Antinoe, but its whereabouts are presently unknown.Discussion
For similar inscriptions, see E01263, E01264, E01301, E01309, and E01311.Bibliography
Munier, H., "Stéles chrétiennes d’Antinoé," Aegyptus 29 (1949), 129, no. 2.Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch II (KSB II) (Vienna, 2004), 144–145, no. 1070.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
26/4/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | Certain |
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