Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) with an invocation to, Ananias, Asarias and Michael, the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04129
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Invocations, prayers and spells
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
KOW 20
The text of the ostracon is badly damaged, so that only two lines are readable on either side of the object.
Lines 4–5 read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲥⲁ̣[ⲣⲓⲁⲥ]
ⲙⲓⲥⲁⲏⲗ
‘… Ananias, Asarias,
Michael …'
Reverse:
+ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧ̣[ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ?
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥ̣ⲁⲙ̣ⲟⲩⲏⲗ̣
'Apa Patermoute (?),
Apa Samuel …’
Text: W. C. Till
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone ostracon KO 240 is kept at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and German translation:Till, W.C., Die koptischen Ostraka der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1960), 6.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
10/10/2017
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01198 | Three Hebrew Youths of the Old Testament Book of Daniel | ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲥⲁ̣[ⲣⲓⲁⲥ | Certain |
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