Coptic funerary inscription from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), with an invocation of *Michael (S00181), *Gabriel (S00192), *Mary (S00033), the *Apostles (S00084), *Anoup (the monk and monastic founder,S00774, or the saint with cult at Wadi Sarga, S02068), Apa *Thomas (S01695), and Apa *Paese (S02067); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E05442
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
I.Sarga 29
+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲧⲉⲙⲁⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲛϯⲕⲉⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲟⲧⲉ
ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲁⲗⲟⲥ · ⲛⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧⲉ ⲛⲟϭ ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲛⲟϭ · ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ · ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲏⲩ · ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲏⲥⲉ
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲙⲉⲩⲉ …
‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Our father Michael, our father Gabriel, Mother Mary! Our righteous fathers, our fathers, Apostles! Our fathers, great men! Apa Anoup, great one, our father Apa Thomas with his brothers! Saint Apa Paese, remember … (details of deceased individual to be protected follow).’
Text and translation: W. E. Crum, modified
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The inscription was found at Wadi Sarga and is now housed in the British Museum in London.Bibliography
Text and translation:Bell, H.I. and Crum, W.E., Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Nordisk Forlag, 1922), 59–60.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
17/5/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | Certain | S00084 | Apostles, unnamed or name lost | ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲁⲗⲟⲥ | Certain | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ | Certain | S00192 | Gabriel, the Archangel | ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ | Certain | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ | Uncertain | S01695 | Thomas, Apa Thomas, patron saint at Wadi Sarga | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ | Certain | S02067 | Paese, Apa Paese, saint with cult at Wadi Sarga | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲏⲥⲉ | Certain | S02068 | Petre, Apa Petre, Joseph, Apa Joseph, and Anoup, Apa Anoup, saints with cult at Wadi Sarga | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ | Uncertain |
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