DOI Artikel:
Twardecki, Alfred: Greek Christian Inscriptions in the Collections of the national Museum in Warsaw
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18949#0009
4. Epitaphe of Collythos,
Egypt or Nubia,
6,h-l 0lh century,
Warsaw,
Muzeum Narodowe
Christian texts in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw. As
well in this text there is a nomen hapax (e^CO\)5pov) signifying a fountain
located in a church under the invocation of St. Socrates, though this kind of
installations were quite common in churches and other sacral buildings,
and are proved by a comparatively large amount of inscriptions. Further
inscriptions are: a very brief epitaph of a monk Bictorinos (Victorinos)
(6th-7th century, most probably from Panopolis; cat. no. 94; inv. no. 198726),
tombstone of Thekla (6th-7th century, which provenance is impossible to
locate, not even roughly, cat. no. 96; inv. no. 198727), and a sepulchral
inscription of Genadia (6th-7th century, also in this case it is hard to say
anything precise of the provenance of the monument; cat. no. 97; inv. no.
198735), and the tombstone of Comis (6th-7th century, most probably madę
in Egypt; cat. no. 98; inv. no. 198840) and a tombstone of apa Joannes
(6th-7th century, surely madę in Egypt also; cat. no. 99; inv. no. 198750). We
must notice, however, that the term apa, abba, papa those days did not
mean that the person was a monk and it was also used referring to other laic
people. As the last of this group we ought to mention a tombstone of
Collythos (6rll-7th century; cat. no. 100; inv. no. 198836, ill. 4), most probably
from Nubia. It differs from other tomb inscriptions because of its length and
the contents, sińce first eleven verses are a prayer for the deceased and at
the same time the first seven verses are almost an exact ąuotation from
Psalm (Ps 50:3).
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Egypt or Nubia,
6,h-l 0lh century,
Warsaw,
Muzeum Narodowe
Christian texts in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw. As
well in this text there is a nomen hapax (e^CO\)5pov) signifying a fountain
located in a church under the invocation of St. Socrates, though this kind of
installations were quite common in churches and other sacral buildings,
and are proved by a comparatively large amount of inscriptions. Further
inscriptions are: a very brief epitaph of a monk Bictorinos (Victorinos)
(6th-7th century, most probably from Panopolis; cat. no. 94; inv. no. 198726),
tombstone of Thekla (6th-7th century, which provenance is impossible to
locate, not even roughly, cat. no. 96; inv. no. 198727), and a sepulchral
inscription of Genadia (6th-7th century, also in this case it is hard to say
anything precise of the provenance of the monument; cat. no. 97; inv. no.
198735), and the tombstone of Comis (6th-7th century, most probably madę
in Egypt; cat. no. 98; inv. no. 198840) and a tombstone of apa Joannes
(6th-7th century, surely madę in Egypt also; cat. no. 99; inv. no. 198750). We
must notice, however, that the term apa, abba, papa those days did not
mean that the person was a monk and it was also used referring to other laic
people. As the last of this group we ought to mention a tombstone of
Collythos (6rll-7th century; cat. no. 100; inv. no. 198836, ill. 4), most probably
from Nubia. It differs from other tomb inscriptions because of its length and
the contents, sińce first eleven verses are a prayer for the deceased and at
the same time the first seven verses are almost an exact ąuotation from
Psalm (Ps 50:3).
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