Coptic will of Jacob and Elias, heads of the monastery of *Epiphanios (anchorite, monk and abbot of Thebes, S00093) at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning the road to [the monastery of] *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) and the cave of *Abraham and Ammonios (holy men of Sne, S00094), 'remembered amongst the saints'; datable to the mid-7th c.
Evidence ID
E00235
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Will
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.KRU 75
The two heads of the monastery of Epiphanios on the mountain of Jeme, Jacob, son of David, and Elias, son of Samuel, name as their successor the monk Stephanos to be the future head of the monastery.
The boundaries of the monastery are given in lines 16–19 and 67–69 as:
ϫⲓⲛ ⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲃⲏⲃ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡⲉⲩⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ
ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲙⲥⲛⲏ
'From the road leading to saint Phoibammon to the road leading to the cave of those who are remembered amongst the saints, Apa Abraham and Apa Ammonios, men of Sne.'
Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
Incomplete papyrus document, beginning of the text missing, housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, number 8730.Discussion
Whether these two men mentioned, whose 'cave' might have been their former dwelling place in life, are just generally remembered as well-known former monks or have in the meantime indeed become venerated saints, remains unclear.Bibliography
Edition:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 239-245 (P. KRU 75).
German Translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1964), 198-204.
For a full range of the documentary evidence on Epiphanios and Phoibammon:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 80-81, 204–214.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
22/12/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain | S00093 | Epiphanios, anchorite, monk and abbot of the Theban monastery | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ | Certain | S00094 | Abraham and Ammonios, holy men of Sne, on the mountain of Jeme | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ | Certain |
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