Coptic will from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning among other beneficiaries 'the altar of *Herouodj' (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 7th century.
E02158
Documentary texts - Will
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CPR 4 177 (SB Kopt. 4 1808):
The will is made by a deacon named Basile from Hermopolis in which he indicates who is and who is not to benefit from his property and who is to pay for his various debts listed. The document includes the following lines:
CPR 4 177, 11–13
ϯⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲓⲕ[ⲉ]ⲗⲉⲩⲉ
[ -ca.?- ϫⲉ ⲡⲑⲩⲥⲓ]ⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ̣ ⲉ̣ⲧ̣ⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲟϫ ϩⲓⲧⲛ
[ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕ]ⲩⲣⲓⲕ[ⲟⲥ] ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲁⲓⲣⲟⲥ ⲣϫⲟ̣ⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲣⲧⲟϥ ⲛⲥⲟ[ⲩ]ⲟ
'I wish and I command [… that the] holy altar of saint Herouodj, represented through [Apa] Kyrikos, at any time be in charge of six artabas of wheat … '
CPR 4 177, 17–12:
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ϣ]ⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ ϩⲁ ⲟⲩ̣-
ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁ[ⲩⲥ]ⲓⲥ [ⲛⲧⲁⲯⲩⲭⲏ] ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲱ ⲉ[ⲃ]ⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲃⲉ ϩⲛ̣
ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛ̣ϩ̣ⲁ[- ca.7 -]ⲟ̣ ̣ⲧ̣
'… eternally for a repose [of my soul] and a forgiving of my sins on the day of the [saints …?] …'
Text and German translation: W.C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of this document complete with image can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;177
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
This fragmentary papyrus document P.Vindob. K 4912 A belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The payment in wheat for the shrine of Herouodj seems to be intended as a yearly donation, possibly on the saint's feast day, to be made for the benefit of the soul of the deceased himself.The same saint can be found in E02156, E02208, E02209, E02210, E02211, and E02212.
Bibliography
Text and translation:Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 161–163.
Further reading:
O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 151.
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 222–223.
Gesa Schenke
3/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01187 | Herouodj/Horouonchios, saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis | ϩⲉⲣⲟⲩⲟϫ | Certain |
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