cde.85.365_1
Μελίτων ῎Υγιος Ἐκδίκιος Ἀέτιος Ἀκάκιος Νικόλαος Ἰωάννης Χουδίων Γαίος Κλαύδιος Ἑλλίτωμνος Ἀθανάσιος Πρίσκος Κάνδιδος Σακέρδων Γοργόνιος Θεόδουλος Θεόφιλος Δόμνος Ἄγλαιος
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List of names of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste TM 34326ElephantineVI (?)
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An ostracon from Elephantine listing names of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Christian soldiers venerated as saints, arranged in two columns of which the second is largely restored. It probably dates to the 6th century AD.
In English machine translation
Meliton [Hygios]
Ekdikios [Aetios]
Akakios [Nikolaos]
Ioannes [Choudion]
Gaius [Claudius]
Helliton[...Athanasios]
Priskos [Kandidos]
Sakerdon [Gorgonios]
Theo[doulos Theophilos]
[Domnos Aglaios]
The names in brackets, the whole second column, are restored from the known lists of the Forty Martyrs, so their exact form on the ostracon is uncertain. Lists of these martyrs were often written out for protective or devotional use.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Une nouvelle liste des martyrs de Sébaste). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.