Coptic funerary inscription with an invocation to the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) addressed as the physician who heals bodies and souls, to intercede on behalf of the deceased; from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), presumably 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E01311
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 2 1071
+ + +
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ
ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲑⲉⲣⲁⲡⲉⲩⲉ
ⲛⲛⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲕⲉ-
ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉ-
ϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ-
<ⲕⲁ>ⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲁϥ ⲙ-
ⲧⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲥⲟⲩ ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ
ⲉⲡⲁⲩⲛⲓ ⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲣⲟⲙ-
ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲇⲉⲥⲁⲣⲉⲥⲕⲉⲧⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲥ
ⲓⲛⲇⲓⲕⲧⲓⲟⲛⲟⲥ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ
'God of saint Kollouthos, the physician who heals the souls and the bodies, may you intercede with God on behalf of the soul of the blessed Kolthe, and may God have mercy on him who has gone to rest on day 4 of the month Pauni of this 14th indiction year.'
Translation: Gesa Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble grave stele was found in Antinoopolis/Antinoe and is now kept at the Coptic Museum in Cairo, inv. 9678.Discussion
For similar inscriptions, see E01263, E01264, E01301, E01309, and E01310.Bibliography
Munier, H., "Stéles chrétiennes d’Antinoé," Aegyptus 29 (1949), 130, no. 3.Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch II (KSB II) (Vienna, 2004), 145, no. 1071.
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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