Coptic agreement on sharing inherited property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a neighbourhood of *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); dated 29 June 748 or 763.
Evidence ID
E02463
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.KRU 24
In this document two half-sisters agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their common grandmother. The property in question is located in Jeme, in the area of saint Ananias.
Lines 65–68 read as follows:
ⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲛϩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲩⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲧⲣⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ <ⲁ>ⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ(ⲟⲡⲟⲥ)
'The entire house and that yard are located in the castron Jeme, in the neighbourhood of the one who shines forth from among the saints, the saint Apa Ananias, the bishop.'
Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff
German translation: W. C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
Places Named after Saint
Towns, villages, districts and fortresses
Source
The papyrus document from Jeme is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 10606.Discussion
For another reference to this neighbourhood/quarter of saint Ananias, see E00241.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 90–96.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 105–109 (German Translation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
6/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01224 | Ananias, bishop with cult at Jeme | ⲁⲡⲁ <ⲁ>ⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ | Certain |
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