Coptic funerary inscription invoking the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased man, presumably from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) where the great shrine of Kollouthos was located; datable to the 6th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04074
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 466
The text of this invocation begins with the name of the deceased, presumably Hypnos, headed by the abbreviation for the term 'blessed'. The edition suggests reading the name of the deceased as Philop(o)nos, though without any further explanation.
Lines 1–4 read as follows:
+̣ ⲡ̣ⲙ̣ⲁ̣ⲕ̣(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ⲩ̣ⲡⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲯ(ⲩ)ⲭⲏ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ
‘The blessed Hypnos. God of saint Kollouthos, you shall have mercy on his soul. Amen.’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble stele no. 43 is kept at the National Library in Paris.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 166.
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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