Coptic sale of half a house, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), a property located outside of (the area of) the 'great bishop' *Patermouthios (saint with cult at Jeme, S01222); dated 12 June 725.
E02462
Documentary texts - Sale document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.KRU 21
In this document, a man named Pesynthios, son of Paul, from Jeme, acknowledges the sale of half a house to two brothers, Hemai and the presbyter Senoutios, son of Germanos, likewise from Jeme. The location of the property is given as being outside of the bishop saint Apa Patermouthios from Jeme, which borders it on the west.
Lines 31–33 and Lines 36–38 read as follows:
ⲉⲓⲧⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲏⲙⲁⲓⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲣⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲏⲙⲉ ...
ⲛⲧⲡⲏϣⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉϥⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲃⲁⲗ ⲛⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲏⲙⲉ
'… I am giving you, Hemai and Senoutios, the presbyter, the sons of the blessed Germanos, inhabitants of the castron Jeme, … the half of my whole house which is located outside the great bishop, saint Apa Patermouthios in the castron Jeme.'
Line 40 reads:
ⲡⲉⲙⲛⲧ ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑ(ⲓⲟⲥ)
'West: saint Apa Patermouth(ios).'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document is housed at the state library in Berlin, Ms.Graec. fol. 34.Discussion
For the possible identity of this Patermouthios, see Papaconstantinou 2001.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 79–83.
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 120–123 (German Translations).
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris, 2001), 168–170.
Gesa Schenke
11/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01222 | Patermouthios, saint with cult at Jeme (Upper Egypt) | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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