Coptic contract, from the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning a topos of *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293) on the mountain of Jeme; datable to the first half of the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02435
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
P.Mon.Epiph. 84
The document is a contract between a priest of a topos of Apa John in the desert and a camel herder concerning the conditions under which the latter is to tend to the animals.
The scribe of the document who also acts as one of the witnesses to this contract is a priest of a topos of Mark the Evangelist, located on the mountain of Jeme.
Lines 30–39 read as follows:
ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲓ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ
ⲙⲙⲟ ⲁⲥϩⲁ ⲧⲉϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
'Mark, this humble priest of the topos of St Mark, the Evangelist, in the hill of Jeme, I was asked and I wrote this agreement with my hand, …'
Text and translation: W. E. Crum
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The ostracon was found at the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes and is housed at the Museum in Cairo, Inv. 44674.69. It has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Crum, W.E., and Evelyn White, H.G., The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, Part II (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition; New York, 1926), p. 27 (text), p. 173 (trans.).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
2/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00293 | Mark the Evangelist | ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ | Certain |
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