Fragment of a Coptic will mentioning the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) at Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) as the beneficiary; datable to the 8th c.
Evidence ID
E00238
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Will
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
O.CrumST 60
George, son of Pisrael, a resident of castron Jeme, lacking an heir makes this will handing his landed property over to the monastery.
Summary: Gesa Schenke
Cult PlacesEcclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Other lay individuals/ people
Source
Fragmentary papyrus document from Deir el-Bahari, only the beginning preserved, now housed at the British Museum in London.Discussion
The text breaks off as the testator begins to list his property. While the monastery of Phoibammon is the beneficiary of the will, this bequest was probably made in order to ensure the intercession of the saint himself.Bibliography
Edition:Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921), 20 (O.CrumST 60).
German translation:
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna: In Kommission bei R.M. Rohrer, 1954), 222.
Further reading:
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
19/12/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain |
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