Coptic acknowledgement of debt addressed to monks of the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), most likely the one on the mountain of Jeme (Upper Egypt); datable to the beginning of the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02470
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
BKU 1 78
In this acknowledgement of a debt, addressed to monks of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon, most likely the monastery of the healing saint on the mountain of Jeme, a man named Pataph from Patoubasten, in the Theban area, acknowledges his debt of one gold solidus to the brethren of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon.
Lines 3–7 read as follows:
ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁ ⲛⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲓⲭⲣⲉⲱⲥⲧⲉⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲛⲟⲩϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ(ⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ) ⲛⲛⲟⲩⲃ ⲉⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲛ
ⲉⲧⲉⲛⲭⲣⲉⲓⲁ
'… I am writing to my brethren of the monastery (topos) of Apa Phoibammon. I am owing you a gold solidus, which you have given us for our needs. …'
Text: W. E. Crum
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
The limestone ostracon was bought in Thebes and is now housed in the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 906. 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), 91.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
8/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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