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E04426: Coptic Graffiti from the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), invoking the intercession of *Epiphanios (S00093) and the saints in general (unnamed, S00518) in general; datable to the first half of the 7th century.

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P.Mon.Epiph. 647:

ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲧⲁⲗⲉⲡⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲓⲁⲛⲛⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ[ⲉⲓⲱ]ⲧ · ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲅⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉϫⲱ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩ[ⲧⲉ] ⲛⲧⲁϩⲁⲏ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ [ϣ]ⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲁⲙ[ⲏⲛ]

‘I am this wretched sinner Iannakis. Be so kind, as I beseech your paternity, my father, holy Epiphanios. Be so kind and entreat the saints for me kindly, and God will bring forth my end. Pray for me. Amen.’


P.Mon.Epiph. 644:

ⲁⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓ̣[ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ . . . . . . . . . . . ] ⲛⲛⲁⲅ̣[ⲁⲡⲏ

‘… ] holy Epiphanius, [pray … for me?] kindly […’


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

History

Evidence ID

E04426

Saint Name

Epiphanios, monk/abbot of the Theban area : S00093 Saints, unnamed or name lost : S00518

Saint Name in Source

ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟⲥ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Graffiti

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

650

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

650

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Thebes

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

Thebes Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - monastic

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Monastery

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

P.Mon.Epiph. 644 was found on the wall of the monastic vestibule, P.Mon.Epiph. 647 on the wall of a tomb passage.

Bibliography

Edition and Translation: Crum, W.E., and Evelyn White, H.G., The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Part II, New York 1926. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition), p. 141 (text), p. 326–327 (trans.).

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    S00093S00518History

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