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E04426: Coptic Graffiti from the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), invoking the intercession of *Epiphanios (S00093) and the saints in general (unnamed, S00518) in general; datable to the first half of the 7th century.
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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Mon.Epiph. 647:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲧⲁⲗⲉⲡⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲓⲁⲛⲛⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ[ⲉⲓⲱ]ⲧ · ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲅⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉϫⲱ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩ[ⲧⲉ] ⲛⲧⲁϩⲁⲏ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ [ϣ]ⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲁⲙ[ⲏⲛ]
‘I am this wretched sinner Iannakis. Be so kind, as I beseech your paternity, my father, holy Epiphanios. Be so kind and entreat the saints for me kindly, and God will bring forth my end. Pray for me. Amen.’
P.Mon.Epiph. 644:
ⲁⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓ̣[ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ . . . . . . . . . . . ] ⲛⲛⲁⲅ̣[ⲁⲡⲏ
‘… ] holy Epiphanius, [pray … for me?] kindly […’
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum, slightly modified)
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲧⲁⲗⲉⲡⲟⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣ ⲛⲟⲃⲉ ⲓⲁⲛⲛⲁⲕⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ[ⲉⲓⲱ]ⲧ · ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲅⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃ ⲉϫⲱ ⲛⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩ[ⲧⲉ] ⲛⲧⲁϩⲁⲏ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ [ϣ]ⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲁⲙ[ⲏⲛ]
‘I am this wretched sinner Iannakis. Be so kind, as I beseech your paternity, my father, holy Epiphanios. Be so kind and entreat the saints for me kindly, and God will bring forth my end. Pray for me. Amen.’
P.Mon.Epiph. 644:
ⲁⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓ̣[ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ . . . . . . . . . . . ] ⲛⲛⲁⲅ̣[ⲁⲡⲏ
‘… ] holy Epiphanius, [pray … for me?] kindly […’
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum, slightly modified)
History
Evidence ID
E04426Saint Name
Epiphanios, monk/abbot of the Theban area : S00093 Saints, unnamed or name lost : S00518Saint Name in Source
ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲉⲓⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - GraffitiLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
600Evidence not after
650Activity not before
600Activity not after
650Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
ThebesPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Thebes Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - monasticCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Monastery