E04077: Coptic funerary inscription from unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking God to take care of a presbyter of Apa *Kyros (S01932); datable to the 6th–8th century.
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posted on 2017-09-25, 00:00 authored by gschenkeKSB 1 484
Lines 1–8 read as follows:
+ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲉϯⲓ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
‘God, you shall provide rest for the soul of the blessed Apa Kyrillos, the presbyter of (the church of) saint Abba Kyros. He has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Lines 1–8 read as follows:
+ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲉϯⲓ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ
‘God, you shall provide rest for the soul of the blessed Apa Kyrillos, the presbyter of (the church of) saint Abba Kyros. He has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04077Saint Name
Kyros and Iōannēs, physician martyrs in Egypt, ob. early 4th c. : S00406 Kyros, Apa Kyros, Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius : S01932Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
- Coptic
