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

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.

Wadi Sarga 55, lines 6–9 read as follows:

ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ⲧⲏ]ⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁ<ⲩ>ⲣ ⲡⲟⲩ̣ⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛ[ⲟ]ⲩⲧ[ⲉ] ϫⲓⲛ [ⲙ]ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ϣⲁ ϩ̣ⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ̣[ⲡⲟ]ⲟ̣ⲩ ⲛ̣ϩ̣ⲟ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲛ̣[

‘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).’

Text: W.E. Crum. Translation: G. Schenke.