E05440: Coptic inscription from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), with an invocation of all the *Saints (S01151); datable to the 7th/8th century.

I.Sarga 55<br><br>Following the invocation of God to remember a list of people mentioned by name, all the saints who have done the will of God are invoked to remember another group of people named.<br><br>Wadi Sarga 55, lines 6–9 read as follows:<br><br>ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ⲧⲏ]ⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁ<ⲩ>ⲣ ⲡⲟⲩ̣ⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛ[ⲟ]ⲩⲧ[ⲉ] ϫⲓⲛ [ⲙ]ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ϣⲁ ϩ̣ⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̣[ⲡⲟ]ⲟ̣ⲩ ⲛ̣ϩ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲛ̣[<br><br>‘All the saints who have fulfilled the will of God, from our father Adam onwards to the present day, remember … (a long list of named individuals to be protected follows).’<br><br>Text: W.E. Crum. Translation: G. Schenke.