Coptic inscription from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), with an invocation of *Moses (Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241), *Enoch (Old Testament patriarch, S00762), *Ieremia (saint of Saqqara, S00773), *Papohe (S02066), *Apollo and *Anoup (monks and monastic founders, S00774), Apa *Pshoi (possibly the martyr of Egypt, S01245), Apa *Pamoun (possibly the martyr of Alexandria, S00775); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E05465
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions
I.Sarga 66
] ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥ̣[ ].ⲣⲉ . ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲟⲭ ⲡⲉⲅⲣⲁ[ⲙⲙⲁ]ⲉⲩⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟϩⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ ⲛⲟϭ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲁ̣ⲓ ⲛⲉⲣ̣ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲡⲣⲙ[ (following lines lost)
‘… ] Apa … ! Our father Moses! Apa Enoch, the scribe! Apa Ieremia, Apa Papohe, Apa Apollo, great one! Apa Anoup, Apa Pshoi of Jeremia, Apa Pamoun, man of […’
Text and translation: W. E. Crum
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), 79–80.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/5/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00241 | Moses, Old Testament prophet and lawgiver | ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ | Certain | S00762 | Enoch, Old Testament patriarch | ⲉⲛⲟⲭ ⲡⲉⲅⲣⲁ[ⲙⲙⲁ]ⲉⲩⲥ | Certain | S00773 | Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of Saqqara | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ | Certain | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲱ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ | Certain | S00775 | Pamoun, martyr of Alexandria with his monastic brother Sarmata. | ⲡⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ | Uncertain | S01245 | Pshoi, martyr of Egypt | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡϣⲁ̣ⲓ | Uncertain | S02066 | Papohe, Apa Papohe | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟϩⲉ | Certain |
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