Coptic funerary inscription of unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking a number of saints, such as Apa *Pshoi (probably the martyr of Egypt, S01245), Apa *Paul (S00089), Apa *Sourous (S01584), Apa *Petros (bishop and martyr of Alexandria, S00247), Apa *Biktor (presumably Viktor the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), and Apa *Phobammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), datable to the 6th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04082
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
KSB 1 434
[+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ] ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲟⲓ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣ<ⲟ>ⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲁⲡⲁ [ⲫ]ⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ
ⲡ[ⲉⲛ]ⲥ[ⲟⲛ ⲙ]ⲟⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲙⲙⲉⲥⲟⲣⲏ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫ[ⲱ]ϥ +
‘Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Apa Pshoi, Apa Paule, Apa Sourous, Apa Petros, Apa Viktor, and Apa Phoibammon: [Our] brother Moyses has gone to rest on day one of (the month of) Mesore. In peace, Amen. Pray for him!’
Text: M. Hasitzka, lightly modified
Translation: G. Schenke
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone inscription is kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 157.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ [ⲫ]ⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain | S00089 | Paul, the First Anchorite | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ | Uncertain | S00247 | Petros, bishop and martyr of Alexandria, and companion martyrs | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣ<ⲟ>ⲥ | Uncertain | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ | Uncertain | S01245 | Pshoi, martyr of Egypt | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲟⲓ | Uncertain | S01584 | Sourous, Apa Sourous, superior and holy man at the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲥ | Certain |
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