Fragment of a Coptic papyrus document, from Hermopolis/Shmoun (Middle Egypt), mentioning *Shenoute (abbot of the White Monastery, ob. 465, S00688); datable to the 7th/8th c.
Evidence ID
E00949
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CPR 2 172, line 1–2:
[ -ca.?- ⲁⲣ]ⲭⲓⲙⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϣⲉⲛ[ⲟⲩⲧⲉ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ⲧⲓⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲧⲁⲓ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲓ[ -ca.?- ]
'[…] archimandrite [= abbot], saint She[enoute, …] … […] … city of Shmoun … […]'
The text is available online at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;172
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - abbots
Source
CPR 2 172 is a papyrus document belonging to the Vienna papyrus collection, inv. P.Vindob K 3259. The document has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
This very fragmentary text may just possibly refer to a cult place of Shenoute, perhaps in the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit, near Hermopolis, see E00948.Bibliography
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 185–186, 423.Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
22/1/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00688 | Shenoute, abbot of the White Monastery, ob. c. 465. | ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | Certain |
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