Coptic document of the 7th c., certifying the ownership of the territory of the monastery (topos) of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, 00080), at Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt).
Evidence ID
E00228
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Papyri
P.KRU 105
The ownership of the temple land of the former mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari is formally placed into the hands of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon which had already occupied the space for some time.
Summary: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
Fragmentary document, beginning missing.Discussion
Around 590, under the Patriarch Damian (578–607), the foundation of the new Phoibammon monastery was sanctioned, after the old one further south-west had been damaged by falling rocks. A number of monks then moved from the old to the new location provided on the territory of the former mortuary temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.In this document, the territory provided provisionally for the monastery is now formally and permanently handed over to the ownership of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon.
Bibliography
Edition:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 323-325 (P. KRU 105).
German Translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1964).
Further reading:
Biedenkopf-Ziehner, A., Koptische Schenkungsurkunden aus Thebais: Formeln und Topoi der Urkunden, Aussagen der Urkunden, Indices (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2001).
Godlewski, W., Deir el-Bahari V: Le monastère de St. Phoibammon (Warsaw: PWN, 1986).
For a full range of the documentary evidence on Phoibammon:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 204–214.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
7/12/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain |
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