E03850: Wall painting of *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385) from a site 2 km north of Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), depicting also their three brothers, and fellow martyrs, *Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios (S01544) on a smaller scale. This group of saints is accompanied by a representation of the Three Children in the Furnace, and a Coptic inscription mentioning the *Sixty Martyrs of Samalut (Middle Egypt) (S01515); datable to the 6th/7th century.

EA73139:

The wall painting shows the physicians Kosmas and Damianos dressed in tunics and overcoat, carrying their medical bags, both with their own captions:

ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲁ and ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲇⲁⲙⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ.

Standing between them are their three younger brothers Anthimos, Leontios and Euprepios:

ⲁⲛⲑⲏⲙⲟⲥ ⲗⲉⲟⲛⲧⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲩⲡⲣⲉⲡⲓⲟⲥ
ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲛⲏⲩ

'Anthimos, Leontios, Euprepios,
their brothers.'

They are depicted on a much smaller scale. Above them is a panel showing the scene of the Three Children in the Furnace. Below that scene follows a Coptic inscription which reads:

KSB 1 321:

ⲡϣⲙⲛⲧϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⟨ⲛ⟩ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲥⲛⲟⲩⲗⲟⲧ
ⲡⲉⲩϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲉ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲏⲙϣⲩⲣ
ⲉⲥⲩⲣⲕⲉⲛⲉ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲓⲥ ⲭⲥ

‘The Sixty martyrs of Samalut.
Their (commemoration) day is day 12 of Mecheir (6 February).
Young Esurkene, Pason, (and) young Mena. Jesus Christ’

(Trans. G. Schenke)

Three small busts are depicted to the right of the inscription which may well be the images of Esurkene, Pason and Mena mentioned here.

For an image of the entire composition see:

www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=146894&partId=1 (accessed, 25/07/2019)