Coptic sale of a property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning Abba *Patermouthios (saint with cult at Jeme, S01222); dated 25 February 750.
Evidence ID
E02443
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Sale document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.KRU 1
In this sale of a property its exact location is described in relation to other properties around it, one of them being a property the buyer had bought previously from the heirs of saint Apa Patermouthios marking the northern boundary of the property sold now.
Lines 57–60 read as follows:
ⲡϩⲏⲧ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲧⲁⲕϣⲟⲟⲡⲉϥ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ
'The north (boundary): the land which you, Aaron, have bought from the heirs of saint Abba Patermouthios.'
Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff
German translation: W. C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document is housed at the British Museum in London, BM Or. 4867.Discussion
For the possible identity of this Patermouthios, see Papaconstantinou 2001.Bibliography
Editions and translations:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 1–6.
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), pp. 86–88 (German Translations).
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris, 2001), 168–170.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
5/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01222 | Patermouthios, saint with cult at Jeme (Upper Egypt) | ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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