Epitaph of Athanasios
created: Transcription (Roueché).
source date: Fourth to sixth centuries or later
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ἐγὼ Ἀθανάϲιοϲ ὁ πάντα λιτουργήϲαϲ ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἐμαυτοῦ πατρίδι καὶ πολλὰ ἔτη ἀποδημήϲαϲ καὶ πολλὰ ἔθνη εἱϲτορήϲαϲ καὶ πλεύϲαϲ πᾶϲαν θάλαϲϲαν ἕωϲ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ ἰδὼν πᾶν γένοϲ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ϲωθεὶϲ ηὐξάμην τῷ θεῷ ἐλθεῖν ἐν τῇ πατρίδι μου καὶ ταφῆναι παρὰ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν ἁγείων μαρτύρων ἵνα τοῦ παρακλήτου [...] ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρείϲεωϲ [...] τῷ ἀνα[...] Ἰηϲοῦϲ Χριϲτὸϲ Πατὴρ [...] τὴν ψυχὴν [...]

ἐνθάδε κεῖμαι ἐγὼ Ἀθανάϲιοϲ ὁ πολλὰ ἔτη ἀποδημήϲαϲ καὶ πολλὰ ἔθνη ἱϲτορήϲαϲ καὶ πᾶϲαν θάλαϲϲαν πλεύϲαϲ ἕωϲ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ ἰδὼν πᾶν γένοϲ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ϲωθεὶϲ ἠυξάμην τῷ Θεῷ ἐλθεῖν ἐν πατρίδι μου καὶ ταφῆναι παρὰ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων ἵνα τοῦ παρακλήτου [...] ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίϲεωϲ [...]

[^1]: I, Athanasios, who performed every civic duty in this, my own country, and lived abroad for many years, and visited many peoples, and sailed every sea as far as Ocean, and saw every race of men, and was kept safe, I prayed to God to reach my country and to be buried by the traces of the holy martyrs, so that I should have an advocate in the day of judgement [...] Jesus Christ, Father, [...] receive my soul [...]

[^1: a]

[^2]: Here I lie, Athanasios, who lived abroad for many years, and visited many peoples. and sailed every sea as far as Ocean, and saw every race of men, and was kept safe, I prayed to God to reach my country and to be buried by the traces of the holy martyrs so that I should have an advocate in the day of judgement [...].

[^2: b]

[...] in 1968, 1969 and 1977, 68.354, 69.30, 69.31, and an unnumbered fragment).

[...] 163 whence [...] 744, 745 , [...] 163 , [...] 8.263.