E04075: Coptic funerary inscription from unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking the God of the *Apostles (S00084) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased builder; datable to the 6th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-09-25, 00:00 authored by gschenkeKSB 1 467
Lines 1–6 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲙⲁⲭⲏ ⲡⲉⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
‘God of the Lords, the holy Apostles, you shall have mercy on the soul of the blessed Epimachos, the builder. He has gone to rest on day 14 of the month Pauni …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Lines 1–6 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲛϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲙⲁⲭⲏ ⲡⲉⲕⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲉ
‘God of the Lords, the holy Apostles, you shall have mercy on the soul of the blessed Epimachos, the builder. He has gone to rest on day 14 of the month Pauni …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04075Saint Name
Apostles (unspecified) : S00084Saint Name in Source
ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
- Coptic
