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#0012
(that is a change of Hades for Devil). In the second case however the formula
“on the bosom/of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob” is completely absent which
may signify its specific popularity in Nubia. Through the mediation of the
Byzantine Church this prayer became a part of liturgy of the Armenian Church
and Slavonic churches (we can find it in the Old Church Slavonic texts), while
in Africa it preserved in the liturgy of the Ethiopian church. We must add that,
apart from Nubia, it was never placed in the tomb inscriptions.
Smali collection of the Greek Christian inscriptions preserved in the National
Museum in Warsaw cannot be considered as being representative for the
Early Christian Period. No doubt, the most interesting are the better known
inscriptions from Nubia, but, as it was my aim to point out, a scholar who
studies the origins of Christianity can find some points of interest in the other
inscriptions, lesser known to a vast public.
Concordance of the inscriptions in this publication:
Cat. no.
Inv. no.
Cat. no.
Inv. no.
7
198800
28
198825
8
198831
94
198726
9
198742
96
198727
10
198782
97
198735
11
198794
98
198840
12
198799 + 198843
99
198750
25
198760
100
198836
26
198791
108
198759 + 198763 + 198842
Translated by Yashmune James
“on the bosom/of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob” is completely absent which
may signify its specific popularity in Nubia. Through the mediation of the
Byzantine Church this prayer became a part of liturgy of the Armenian Church
and Slavonic churches (we can find it in the Old Church Slavonic texts), while
in Africa it preserved in the liturgy of the Ethiopian church. We must add that,
apart from Nubia, it was never placed in the tomb inscriptions.
Smali collection of the Greek Christian inscriptions preserved in the National
Museum in Warsaw cannot be considered as being representative for the
Early Christian Period. No doubt, the most interesting are the better known
inscriptions from Nubia, but, as it was my aim to point out, a scholar who
studies the origins of Christianity can find some points of interest in the other
inscriptions, lesser known to a vast public.
Concordance of the inscriptions in this publication:
Cat. no.
Inv. no.
Cat. no.
Inv. no.
7
198800
28
198825
8
198831
94
198726
9
198742
96
198727
10
198782
97
198735
11
198794
98
198840
12
198799 + 198843
99
198750
25
198760
100
198836
26
198791
108
198759 + 198763 + 198842
Translated by Yashmune James