Coptic funerary inscription from unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking God to take care of a presbyter of Apa *Kyros (S01932); datable to the 6th–8th century.
Evidence ID
E04077
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 484
Lines 1–8 read as follows:
+ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲉϯⲓ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
‘God, you shall provide rest for the soul of the blessed Apa Kyrillos, the presbyter of (the church of) saint Abba Kyros. He has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The marble stele inv. 412 is kept at the British Museum in London.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 173.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
28/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00406 | Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John, physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt | ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ | Uncertain | S01932 | Kyros, Apa Kyros, Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius | ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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