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E01262: Coptic inscription on a wooden lintel with an invocation to *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), Apa *Apollo (founder of the monastery of Bawit, 4th c., S00160), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), and Apa *Phib (S00774), from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), datable to the 6th/7th century.

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posted on 2016-04-10, 00:00 authored by gschenke
KSB 1 358

ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲱ̣
ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ

'Michael, Apa Apollo, Gabriel, Apa Phib.'

Translation: G. Schenke.

History

Evidence ID

E01262

Saint Name

Michael, the Archangel : S00181 Apa Apollo (founder of the monastery at Bawit, 4th century ) : S00160 Gabriel, the Archangel : S00192 Apollo, Phib, and Anoup : S00774

Saint Name in Source

ⲙ̣ⲓ̣ⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟ̣ⲗ̣ⲗ̣ⲱ̣ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃ

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

699

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Bawit

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Bawit Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The wooden lintel inv. E 12135 is kept at the Museé du Louvre in Paris.

Bibliography

Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 131.

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    Evidence -  The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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