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title: "'In the Bosoms of Abraham': A Christian Epitaph from Nubia in the title: "'In the Bosoms of Abraham': A Christian Epitaph from Nubia in the
Brooklyn Museum" Brooklyn Museum"
authors: ["zellmannmichael.md"] authors: ["zellmannmichael.md"]
abstract: An edition of a funerary stela from Nubia, its discovery and epigraphic context is the focus of this article. abstract: First edition of a Christian epitaph in Greek of a woman, Timothea, brought by Henry J. Anderson to the United States in 1848 and now in the Brooklyn Museum. Analysis of the form and text of the monument allows its epigraphic context to be reconstructed, as part of a dispersed funerary assemblage of northern Nubia, including a distinctive textual formula wishing the deceased repose in the “bosoms of Abraham.”
keywords: ["Christian Nubia", "epigraphy"] keywords: ["Christian Nubia", "epigraphy", "epitaph", "Greek", "Brooklyn Museum", "Henry J. Anderson", "Abraham", "Timothea"]
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# Introduction: From Nubia to Brooklyn
Among the hundreds of artifacts collected by Dr. Henry J. Anderson Among the hundreds of artifacts collected by Dr. Henry J. Anderson
(1799--1875) on his travels in the eastern Mediterranean in 1847 is a (1799--1875) on his travels in the eastern Mediterranean in 1847 is a
small sandstone grave stele, now in the Brooklyn Museum (37.1827E). The small sandstone grave stele, now in the Brooklyn Museum (37.1827E). The
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1937 the stele, along with a larger lot, was loaned to the Brooklyn 1937 the stele, along with a larger lot, was loaned to the Brooklyn
Museum and subsequently purchased outright in 1948. Museum and subsequently purchased outright in 1948.
# Epigraphic Context
The formula with which this epitaph opens, ἔνθα κατάκειται "Here lies," The formula with which this epitaph opens, ἔνθα κατάκειται "Here lies,"
can be found in Greek epitaphs across the ancient world. When the focus can be found in Greek epitaphs across the ancient world. When the focus
is narrowed to Egypt and its vicinity, the presence of this opening is is narrowed to Egypt and its vicinity, the presence of this opening is
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elsewhere (Primis, Pakhoras) but retaining a position as urban elsewhere (Primis, Pakhoras) but retaining a position as urban
centers.[^22] centers.[^22]
# Edition
Epitaph of Timothea Epitaph of Timothea
18.5 cm (h) × 15 cm (w) × 8 cm (d) 18.5 cm (h) × 15 cm (w) × 8 cm (d)
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*Text* *Text*
> \+ ἔνθα κατάκε̣ι- | | \+ ἔνθα κατάκε̣ι- |
> | |
> ται ἡ μακαρία | | ται ἡ μακαρία |
> | |
> Τιμοθέα· ἐτε- | | Τιμοθέα· ἐτε- |
> | |
> λεύτησεν | | λεύτησεν |
| 5 | μη(νὶ) Φαῶφι : γ |
5 μη(νὶ) Φαῶφι : γ | |
| | ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ιε : ἀνα- |
> ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ιε : ἀνα- | |
> | | παύσῃ αὐτὴ(ν) |
> παύσῃ αὐτὴ(ν) | |
> | | ὁ θ(εὸ)ς εἰς κόλποις |
> ὁ θ(εὸ)ς εἰς κόλποις | |
> | | Ἀβραὰμ ϥ̣\[θ\] |
> Ἀβραὰμ ϥ̣\[θ\]
3 τιμ̅ο̅θ̅ε̅α stone \|\| 5 μη stone \|\| 6 ϊνδ ϊε stone \| ανα stone \|\| 7 3 τιμ̅ο̅θ̅ε̅α stone \|\| 5 μη stone \|\| 6 ϊνδ ϊε stone \| ανα stone \|\| 7
αυτη̅ stone \|\| 8 θϲ̅ stone, which is pitted above the preceding αυτη̅ stone \|\| 8 θϲ̅ stone, which is pitted above the preceding

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title: Michael Wesley Zellmann-Rohrer title: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
affiliation: Freie Universität, Berlin affiliation: Freie Universität, Berlin
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# Biography # Biography
Michawl Wesley Zellmann-Rohrer is a postdoctoral researcher at the ERC Advanced Grant project ZODIAC at the Free Universität, Berlin. Michael Zellmann-Rohrer (PhD, Classics and Medieval Studies, Berkeley, 2016) is a researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on the history of religion, and an editor of the Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum.