Coptic sale of a house as inheritance, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), a property purchased from the monastery of *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the middle of the 8th century, possibly dated 5 November 747.
E02461
Documentary texts - Sale document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.KRU 19
In this document, a father is handing down a house jointly to his two children, after their mother's death. The house is said to have been purchased within saint Phoibammon, which might refer to an area or a district, but could also suggest a house sold by representatives of the saint's shrine, as is the case in E02458, $Eß2459 and E02460.
Lines 24–30 read as follows:
ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲗⲗⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲣⲡⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ
ⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ
'And now I, the aforementioned Hello, I agree (to give) to you, my beloved children Mena and Tsone, the entire house which I (lit. he) purchased together with your mother from within saint Phoibammon'
Lines 103–105 of the verso read:
ⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ(ⲥ) ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ(ⲁⲙⲱⲛ)
'… the house which I purchased together with your mother from saint Apa Phoibamon.'
Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff
German translation: W. C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
Cult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The papyrus document is housed at the British Museum in London, BM Or. 4880.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Crum W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 68–72.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 103–105 (German Translations).
Gesa Schenke
11/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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