Coptic funerary inscription from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), invoking Apa *Horion (S01061) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased woman; datable to the 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E04080
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 770
Lines 1–7 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲩⲯⲓⲭⲏ ⲉⲛⲥⲓⲃⲗⲏ ⲧⲣⲱⲙ ⲧⲥⲓⲥⲓⲱ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲙⲟⲥ
‘God of saint Apa Horion, have mercy on the soul of Sibyl, the inhabitant of Tsisio. She has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone stele inv. 17 is located in the Museum Minieh.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 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 | ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ | Certain |
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