@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ euphemistic verb of death, the date, and a prayer for a divine grant of
repose (with ἀναπαύω) in the "bosoms" (ἐν κόλποις and variants) of
Abraham and, usually, his successor patriarchs Isaac and Jacob.[^12]
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Table 1. Greek epitaphs from northern Nubia with the same formulary as the Brooklyn Museum stele, by provenance. (Names are presented without normalization.)
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The theological implications of this plural expansion of the "bosom"
(see further the commentary to line 8 of the edition below) remains to
be explained. After the seminal passage of Luke 16, the deceased was
@ -272,6 +275,8 @@ Here lies the blessed Timothea. She met her end on the 3rd of the month
of Phaophi of the 15th indiction. May God give her rest in the bosoms of
Abraham, 99 (=amen).
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*Commentary*
3 Τιμοθέα (τιμ̅ο̅θε̅α on the stone). Overlining of personal names is
