Coptic settlement of a dispute over joint inheritance, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning the neighbouring properties of houses inherited, among the bordering properties is one dedicated to *George (soldier and martyr, S00259); dated to the year 748/9.
Evidence ID
E04026
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.KRU 43:
In this document, one of two houses mentioned shares its north boundary with a property belonging to an institution dedicated to George, most likely a church.
Lines 42– 45 read as follows:
ⲛⲧⲟϣ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲡϩⲓⲣ ⲛⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲕⲟⲛⲱⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ
ⲡⲣⲏⲥ ⲡϩⲓⲣ ⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥⲓⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲣⲟ ⲛⲁⲩⲑⲉⲛⲧⲉⲥ
ⲡϩⲏⲧ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲓⲙⲛⲧ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛϫⲁⲡϫⲓⲡⲉ
ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲃⲧ ⲛⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲑⲱⲝⲉ
'The boundaries of the house located on the road of the children of Konon are the following:
The south (boundary) are the public road and the main gate.
The north (boundary) is saint George. The west (boundary) are the children of Japjipe.
The east (boundary) are the heirs of the children of Thoxe.'
(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 Louvre E. 7986 is incomplete, missing the beginning. Some lines are only partly preserved. The document is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.Bibliography
Edition and Translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 148–151.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 133–136 (German Translation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | ϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ | Certain |
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