Coptic agreement concerning the separation of inherited property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), listing a priest of Apa *Patermouthios (saint with cult at Jeme, S01222) at castron Jeme among the various witnesses; dated 6 October 719.
Evidence ID
E04022
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.KRU 35:
In this document two women, aunt and niece agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their father/grandfather. Among the many witnesses to this agreement appears a priest of of an institution dedicated to Apa Patermouthios.
Lines 96–97 read as follows:
⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲟⲙⲉⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ(ⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧ(ⲉ)ⲣⲙ(ⲟⲩ)ⲑ(ⲓⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲏⲙⲉ ϯⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ +
'I, Komes, the least presbyter of saint Apa Patermouthios at castron Jeme, I act as a witness.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document, BM Papyrus CI recto, is housed at the British Museum in London.Discussion
In another Coptic document from Jeme, P.KRU 10 (see E02445), dated 8 December 722, a topos of Apa *Patermoute at Jeme is mentioned.Bibliography
Edition and Translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 117–121.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 111–114 (German Translation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
14/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01222 | Patermouthios, saint with cult at Jeme (Upper Egypt) | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲙⲑ | Certain |
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