Beginning of a Coptic will, from the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning an institution dedicated to *George (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00259) on the mountain of Jeme; datable to the first half of the 7th century.
E02436
Documentary texts - Will
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Mon.Epiph. 87
The presbyter Kalashire of the church or monastery of Apa George makes his will, addressing it to Apa Epiphanius,monk of the monastery of Epiphanius.
Lines 1 and 7–9 run as follows:
⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲁⲗⲁϣⲓⲣⲉ ⲡⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ
'I, Kalashire, the priest of (the church of) the holy Apa George, …'
ⲉⲥϩⲁ ⲛⲧⲉϩⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲗⲁⲃⲉⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ
ⲛⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ ⲡⲁ ⲉⲧⲏⲡ ⲉⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ ⲉϥⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ ϩⲓ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ
ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲱ ⲉϯⲟⲩⲏϩ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ ·
'Thus do I write unto Apa Epiphanius, the pious monk, son of Andreas, that belongeth unto the city Ermont, being a monk in the mount of Jeme, the same mount wherein I also dwell, in this same nome of the city of Ermont.'
Text and translation: W. E. Crum
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus was found in a rubbish hole at the monastery of Epiphanius. It is now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as MMA.12.180.275. The text 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. 28 (text), p. 174 (trans.).
Gesa Schenke
2/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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