Coptic transcript of a court hearing, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a feast and service for *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E02469
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
BKU 1 73
In this text a wife accepts a punishment for her husband which seemingly consists of not being allowed to attend the service and feast for the saint Ananias, until the dues are paid.
Lines 5–10 read as follows:
ⲡⲉϫⲉ ⲧⲉϥⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ϫⲉ ⲉϥϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲛϥⲃⲓ ⲛ̣ⲁ̣ ϣⲁϥⲃⲓ ⲛⲁⲁ ⲡⲓ̣ ⲧ̣ⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲓ̣ⲟⲛ ϩ̣ⲣ̣ⲁⲓ ⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ <ⲧⲛ>ⲥⲱϣⲧ <ⲙ>ⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲕⲁⲗⲏⲗⲁ
ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ϣⲁⲛⲧϥϯ ⲛϣⲟϥⲧ ⲙⲙⲏⲛⲁ
'His wife said: "He will be strong and bear these. He accepts mercy …?. Straight away, we stop (attending?) the feast and the service for Apa Ananias, until he gives a handful to Menas.'
Text: A. Erman and W. E. Crum
Translation: G. Schenke
Festivals
Saint’s feast
Source
The ostracon with this fragmentary text is housed in the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 8716. 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), 89.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
8/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01224 | Ananias, bishop with cult at Jeme | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ | Uncertain |
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