Coptic will of Elisabeth, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), bequeathing her property to her husband, signed by many witnesses, one of which is a priest at the church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) at Jeme; dated between 26 Mai and 24 June 723.
Evidence ID
E04032
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Will
P.KRU 68:
Elisabeth, a local woman from Jeme, bequeaths all her property to her second husband Abraham. One of the witnesses signing this document is a priest at the church of Kyriakos.
Lines 103–104 read as follows:
⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ϯⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲁⲓⲧⲉⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲗⲉⲥⲁⲃⲏⲕ +
‘I, Zacharias, the least presbyter of saint Kyriakos at Jeme, I act as a witness at the request of Elisabeth.’
(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 Or. 1061c and 1062, belongs to the British Museum in London.Bibliography
Edition and Translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 217–221.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 177–183 (German Translation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
25/9/2017
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00007 | Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus | ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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