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E01000: Two Coptic oracle questions, representative of more than 200 similar examples, concerning remedies for healing, addressed through *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641) and found at his burial shrine in the northern necropolis of Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), dated to the 6th/7th century.
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posted on 2015-12-17, 00:00 authored by gschenkeCurrently, more than 200 such oracle questions posed through Kollouthos have been found at the burial shrine of the patron saint of Antinoopolis. Here are two of the published examples:
A. Delattre, "Textes coptes et grecs d’Antinoé," in: R. Pintaudi (ed.), Antinoupolis I (Florence, 2008), p. 153, pl. VIII on p. 162:
+ ⲡⲛ̣ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ-
ⲫⲁ[ⲅ]ⲟ̣ⲥ ⲕⲟ̣ⲗ-
ⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲟⲥ ⲉϣⲱ̣-
4 ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩ-
ⲱϣ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲥⲱ
ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲉ
ⲧⲁ ⲉⲓ ⲛⲁ ⲉ-
8 ϩⲣⲁ
'God of saint Kollouthos, if it is your wish that I drink water, may this (piece of writing) come back to me.'
Delattre, "Textes coptes et grecs d’Antinoé," p. 152, pl. VIII on p. 162:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲡⲁϫⲟⲉ̣ⲓⲥ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲟⲥ ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲙⲉ
ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ ⲧⲉ ⲡ̣ⲕϩⲙ-
4 ϩⲁⲗ ⲣⲟⲩⲫⲟⲥ ϫⲱⲕⲙ ⲉ-
ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲧⲥⲓⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲕ̣ⲁⲛⲓ
ⲡ̣ⲥⲩⲙ̣ⲫⲩⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ +
'God of my lord saint Kollouthos, the true physician, if you demand that your servant Rufus washes today in the healing bath, bring the appropriate piece back to me.'
(Translations: Gesa Schenke)
A. Delattre, "Textes coptes et grecs d’Antinoé," in: R. Pintaudi (ed.), Antinoupolis I (Florence, 2008), p. 153, pl. VIII on p. 162:
+ ⲡⲛ̣ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛ-
ⲫⲁ[ⲅ]ⲟ̣ⲥ ⲕⲟ̣ⲗ-
ⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲟⲥ ⲉϣⲱ̣-
4 ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩ-
ⲱϣ ⲡⲉ ⲧⲁⲥⲱ
ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲉ
ⲧⲁ ⲉⲓ ⲛⲁ ⲉ-
8 ϩⲣⲁ
'God of saint Kollouthos, if it is your wish that I drink water, may this (piece of writing) come back to me.'
Delattre, "Textes coptes et grecs d’Antinoé," p. 152, pl. VIII on p. 162:
+ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲡⲁϫⲟⲉ̣ⲓⲥ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲟⲥ ⲡⲥⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲙⲉ
ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ ⲧⲉ ⲡ̣ⲕϩⲙ-
4 ϩⲁⲗ ⲣⲟⲩⲫⲟⲥ ϫⲱⲕⲙ ⲉ-
ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲧⲥⲓⲟⲩⲉⲛ ⲕ̣ⲁⲛⲓ
ⲡ̣ⲥⲩⲙ̣ⲫⲩⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲁ̣ⲓ̣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ +
'God of my lord saint Kollouthos, the true physician, if you demand that your servant Rufus washes today in the healing bath, bring the appropriate piece back to me.'
(Translations: Gesa Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E01000Saint Name
Kollouthos, physician from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), ob. early 4th cent. : S00641Saint Name in Source
ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Divinatory texts and oracle questionsLanguage
- Coptic