Coptic acknowledgement of a debt made to the head of a female monastery of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), most likely located in the area of Antinoopolis/Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); written in the 7th c.
Evidence ID
E01185
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
A man from a rural locality in the district of Hermopolis acknowledges a debt over 30 measures of wine addressed to the female representative of the monastery/place of *Kollouthos.
P.MilVogl 4.copt. 1, lines 1–3:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲡϣⲛⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲣⲁⲥⲓ ϩⲛ ⲧϣⲱϣⲉ ⲛⲡⲉϫⲁⲗ ϩⲙ ⲡⲧⲟϣ ⲛϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲥⲁϩ ⲧⲁⲕⲁⲡⲉ ⲧⲣⲱⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲭⲣⲉⲱⲥⲧⲓ ⲛⲏ ⲛⲙⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲕⲁⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲏⲣⲡ
'I, Elias, son of Abraham, from a locality in the district of Hermopolis, I am writing to the mistress Tagaph, the woman of the place of Saint Kollouthos, that I owe you thirty kados vessels of wine.'
Text: A. Vogliano
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult PlacesBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Vow
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits
Source
The papyrus is kept at the University of Milan.Discussion
Whether this monastery dedicated to Kollouthos was located near Hermopolis or across the Nile at Antinoopolis, possibly near the famous healing shrine of the saint remains unknown.Bibliography
A. Vogliano, Papiri della Università degli studi di Milano IV (P.MilVogl 4) (Milan, 1967).Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
11/3/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ | Certain |
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