Coptic funerary inscription from unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking the God of the *Apostles (S00084) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased builder; datable to the 6th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04075
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 467
Lines 1–6 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲙⲁⲭⲏ ⲡⲉⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
‘God of the Lords, the holy Apostles, you shall have mercy on the soul of the blessed Epimachos, the builder. He has gone to rest on day 14 of the month Pauni …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble stele inv. 137 is kept at the museum in Turin.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 166.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
28/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00084 | Apostles, unnamed or name lost | ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | Certain |
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