Coptic funerary inscription invoking the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) to have mercy on the soul of the deceased, presumably from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) where the great shrine of Kollouthos was located; datable to the 6th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04073
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 445
The text of this invocation is incomplete.
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩ[ⲭⲏ ⲛ
‘God of saint Kollouthos, have mercy on the soul of …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka, trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone stele JE 34614 is kept at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 160.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ | Certain |
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