Coptic funerary inscription from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), invoking Abba *Horion (S01061) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased woman; datable to the 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E04079
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 769
Lines 1–8 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛϩⲏⲟⲩ ⲧⲣⲱⲙ ⲧⲥⲉⲥⲓⲱ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲙ<ⲧ>ⲟⲛ
ⲙ<ⲙ>ⲟⲥ
‘Father, Son (and) Holy Spirit. Saint Abba Horion, have mercy on the soul of Heou, the inhabitant of Tsesio. She has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone stele inv. 11 is located in the Museum Minieh.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 255–256.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01061 | Orion, bishop and martyr in Alexandria | ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ | Certain |
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