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E01264: Coptic inscription on a marble grave stele invoking the God of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), of uncertain date, presumably from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt) where the great shrine of Kollouthos was situated.

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posted on 2016-04-10, 00:00 authored by gschenke
KSB 1 686

+ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩ-
ⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ
ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ ⲉⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ
ⲙⲛ ⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲥⲟⲩ-
ⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲛⲙⲟϥ
ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩϫⲙⲛ ⲛⲛⲁⲣⲙ-
ϩⲟⲧⲡ ⲛⲧⲓⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ
ϩⲛⲛⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲓ(ⲛ)ⲇ(ⲓⲕⲧⲓⲱ)ⲛ(ⲟⲥ) ⲕ(ⲁⲓ) ⲡⲁⲣ(ⲭⲏ)
ⲇⲉⲕⲁⲧⲏⲥ ⲓ(ⲛ)ⲇ(ⲓⲕⲧⲓⲱ)ⲛ(ⲟⲥ)

'May the God of saint Kollouthos have mercy on the blessed Severos who has gone to rest on day twenty-eight of the month Phamenoth in this year of the ninth and the beginning of the tenth indiction.'

Translation: G. Schenke.

History

Evidence ID

E01264

Saint Name

Kollouthos, physician from Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), ob. early 4th cent. : S00641

Saint Name in Source

ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

899

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

899

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Antinoopolis

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

Antinoopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Source

The stele is kept at the Coptic Museum in Cairo.

Bibliography

Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 231-232.

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