Coptic letter, from Ape (Upper Egypt), mentioning a church of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E02467
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
BKU 1 35
Line 6 of this fragmentary document mentions a church of Apa Stephanos:
ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ
'… the church of Apa Stephanos …'
Text: A. Erman and W. E. Crum
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The Ostracon with the fragmentary letter sent by a man from the village of Ape was found in the Theban area and is now housed in the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 89. The text has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Edition:Erman, A., and Crum, W.E., Ägyptische Urkunden aus den koeniglichen Museen zu Berlin, Koptische Urkunden vol. 1 (Berlin, 1904), 68.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
7/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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