E04080: Coptic funerary inscription from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), invoking Apa *Horion (S01061) to have mercy on the soul of a deceased woman; datable to the 6th/7th century.
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posted on 2017-09-25, 00:00 authored by gschenkeKSB 1 770
Lines 1–7 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲩⲯⲓⲭⲏ ⲉⲛⲥⲓⲃⲗⲏ ⲧⲣⲱⲙ ⲧⲥⲓⲥⲓⲱ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲙⲟⲥ
‘God of saint Apa Horion, have mercy on the soul of Sibyl, the inhabitant of Tsisio. She has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Lines 1–7 read as follows:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲧⲩⲯⲓⲭⲏ ⲉⲛⲥⲓⲃⲗⲏ ⲧⲣⲱⲙ ⲧⲥⲓⲥⲓⲱ ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲙⲟⲥ
‘God of saint Apa Horion, have mercy on the soul of Sibyl, the inhabitant of Tsisio. She has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04080Saint Name
Ōriōn, bishop and martyr in Alexandria : S01061Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲱⲣⲓⲱⲛRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsLanguage
- Coptic
