E04268: Coptic funerary stela from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt) with a sketch of three sail boats, mentioning Apa Thomas (S01695) and invoking Apa Anoup (S00774) for the sake of a deceased sailor; datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2017-10-30, 00:00 authored by gschenke

I.Sarga 73

The invocation is surrounded by sketches of three sail boats.

+ ⲓⲥ ⲟ̣ ⲁⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ
ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲛⲟϭ
ⲣⲟⲓⲥ ⲫⲡ . . ⲟ̣
ⲥ ⲕⲟ(ⲩ)ⲓ ⲡⲛⲏϥ ⲟ̣

'Jesus. Saint Apa Anoup, great one, watch over young NN, the great sailor.'

Next to one of the boats one reads:

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ

'Apa Thomas'.

(Text and trans.: W. E. Crum, modified)

For both, Apa Thomas and Apa Anoup included in a list of holy men from Wadi Sarga, see E01245.

History

Evidence ID

E04268

Saint Name

Thomas, Apa Thomas, patron saint at Wadi Sarga : S01695 Apollo, Phib, and Anoup : S00774

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲱⲙⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

799

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

799

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Wadi Sarga

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

Wadi Sarga Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The stela was found at Wadi Sarga and is now housed in the British Museum in London.

Bibliography

Text and translation: Bell, H.I. and Crum, W.E., Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Nordisk Forlag, 1922), 82.

E04268: Coptic funerary stela from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt) with a sketch of three sail boats, mentioning Apa Thomas (S01695) and invoking Apa Anoup (S00774) for the sake of a deceased sailor; datable to the 7th/8th century.

History

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Saint Name

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Activity not before

Activity not after

Place of Evidence - Region

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

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

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

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E04268: Coptic funerary stela from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt) with a sketch of three sail boats, mentioning Apa *Thomas (S01695) and invoking Apa *Anoup (S00774) for the sake of a deceased sailor; datable to the 7th/8th century.

History

Evidence ID

Saint Name

Saint Name in Source

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Language

Evidence not before

Evidence not after

Activity not before

Activity not after

Place of Evidence - Region

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

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

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

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E04268: Coptic funerary stela from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt) with a sketch of three sail boats, mentioning Apa Thomas (S01695) and invoking Apa Anoup (S00774) for the sake of a deceased sailor; datable to the 7th/8th century.