Coptic letter from the monastery at Dra Abu'l Naga (Upper Egypt), sent from a monk named Apa *Dios (perhaps the saint venerated in Upper Egypt, S01232); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02471
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
BKU 1 127
The ostracon from the monastery at Dra Abu'l Naga (north of Deir el-Bahari) shows a fragmentary letter to a deacon, from a monk named Apa Dios, whether he is the later saint of E02472 remains only a possibility.
Lines 9–11 read as follows:
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ <ⲙ>ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲥ)
ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲇⲓⲟⲥ
ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ)
'Give it to the deacon, from Apa Dios, the least.'
Text: A. Erman and W. E. Crum
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
This ostracon from the monastery at Dra Abu'l Naga is housed in the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 629. 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), 114.
Further Reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides: L'apport des inscriptions et des papyrus grecs et coptes (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2001), 74-75.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
8/3/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01232 | Dios, saint venerated in Upper Egypt | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲇⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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