Evidence ID
E02441
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
P.Mon.Epiph. 397
This is a letter from Epiphanios to his mother concerning a key for Apa Symeon of which a duplicate is asked to be produced to fit his door. The key is to be given to someone who works for the steward of (the church/monastery of) Apa John.
Lines 3–6 read as follows:
] ⲝⲟⲩⲣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲩ[ⲙⲉⲱ]ⲛ ⲉⲧϣⲟϭⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲡⲥⲁϩ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲉⲡⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
'] a key for Apa Symeon that is fitted to his door, and give it to the master/scribe Abraham for the steward of (the church of) Apa John.'
Text and translation: W. E. Crum, lightly modified
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This ostracon was found in Cell A of the monastery of Epiphanius and is housed at the Cairo Museum, inv. 46304.41. 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. 94 (text), p. 257 (trans.).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
5/5/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | Uncertain | S00042 | John, the Apostle and Evangelist | Uncertain |
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