E01247: Coptic funerary inscription on marble from the necropolis of the monastery of Apa Jeremias at Saqqara (Lower Egypt) with an invocation to the typical group of saints celebrated at Saqqara: *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Adam (S00772), Apa *Jeremias, Apa *Enoch, and Ama *Sibylla (S00773), datable to the 8th/9th c.

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+ ⲡⲓⲱⲧ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉ-
ⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲟ ⲁⲅⲓ-
ⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲑⲁⲅⲓⲁ
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ
ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲇⲁⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ
ⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛ-
ⲱⲭ ⲁⲙⲁ ⲥⲓⲃⲩⲗⲗⲁ
ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲡⲁⲡⲁ
ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲡ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲧⲏⲩⲥ
ⲁϥⲉⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛ-
ⲥⲟⲩ : ⲓⲏ ⲛⲧⲱⲃⲉ ϩⲛ
ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ

'Father, Son, (and) Holy Spirit. Saint Michael, Saint Mary, Apa Gabriel, our father Adam, Apa Jeremias, Apa Enoch, (and) Ama Sibylla!
Our brother Papa Anoup, the shoemaker, has gone to rest on day 18 of the month Tybi in peace. Amen.'


Translation: Gesa Schenke.