Coptic funerary inscription invoking the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased woman, presumably from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) where the great shrine of Kollouthos was located; datable to the 6th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04072
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 435
The text of this short inscription is incomplete and badly damaged, but see also E04073.
[+ ⲡⲛⲟ]ⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲫⲁ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕ]ⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ [ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩ]ⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ [ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭ]ⲏ ⲛⲧⲙ[ⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ] …
‘God of saint Kollouthos, have mercy on the soul of the blessed NN.’
(Text: M. Hasitzka, trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone stele is kept at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 157.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲕ]ⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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