E01247: Coptic funerary inscription on marble from the necropolis of the monastery of Apa Jeremias at Saqqara (Lower Egypt) with an invocation to the typical group of saints celebrated at Saqqara: *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Adam (S00772), Apa *Jeremias, Apa *Enoch, and Ama *Sibylla (S00773), datable to the 8th/9th c.
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posted on 2016-04-07, 00:00 authored by gschenkeKSB 1 479<br><br>+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ-<br>ⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓ-<br>ⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ<br>ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ<br>ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ<br>ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛ-<br>ⲱⲭ ⲁⲙⲁ ⲥⲓⲃⲩⲗⲗⲁ<br>ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲡⲁⲡⲁ<br>ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩⲥ<br>ⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛ-<br>ⲥⲟⲩ : ⲓⲏ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲉ ϩⲛ<br>ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ<br><br>'Father, Son, (and) Holy Spirit. Saint Michael, Saint Mary, Apa Gabriel, our father Adam, Apa Jeremias, Apa Enoch, (and) Ama Sibylla!<br>Our brother Papa Anoup, the shoemaker, has gone to rest on day 18 of the month Tybi in peace. Amen.'<br><br><br>Translation: Gesa Schenke.
History
Evidence ID
E01247Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181 Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033 Gabriel, the Archangel : S00192 Adam and Zoe/Eve : S00772 Jeremias, Enoch, and Sibylla : S00773Saint Name in Source
ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ, ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ, ⲁⲙⲁ ⲥⲓⲃⲩⲗⲗⲁRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Mary_Mother_of_Christ/13729186
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Adam_and_Zoe_Eve/13731139
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Michael_the_Archangel/13729612
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Jeremias_Enoch_and_Sibylla/13731142
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Gabriel_the_Archangel/13729645
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
- Coptic
