We don’t do a lot with inscriptions here. But I wonder if people realise that there are inscriptions in Coptic? I certainly never thought about this; but there are.
Anthony Alcock has made a text and English translation of three stone stelae, which have Coptic inscriptions. These are from
https://niraengineers.com/nolvadex-online various locations around Egypt.
Fascinating!
(I’ve asked Dr A. for the reference for the original publication – will add it later).
UPDATE: The source publication is Claudius Labib, Stèles Coptes Inédites, Cairo: Ain Shams Press, 1909. 32p. This I found online! – labib-steles-copte-inedited-1909, PDF, from the Coptist blog.
The editor, Claudius Labib, was a Copt who sought to revive Coptic as a spoken language in his country, and with much success. His publication is in Arabic and French. The Coptist blog has a bibliography, with links to many of his works.
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