Coptic will of Tsible, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), concerned with offering to be made after her death is signed by many witnesses who have used a lector of the church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) to act as their scribe; dated 18 August 729 or 744.
Evidence ID
E04033
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Will
P.KRU 69
The document is concerned with post mortem offerings to be made for Tsible by her husband. Tsible, very ill, determines that her husband should sell some of her property to be able to pay for these offerings. The document is signed by several witnesses who have made use of a lector of the church of Apa Kyriakos to act as their scribe.
Lines 83–85 read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲑ̣ⲉⲱⲡ̣ⲓ̣ⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲅⲛⲱⲥⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲙⲉⲩⲛⲟⲓ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ +
‘I, Theopistos, the lector of Apa Kyriakos, I have written for them, since they do not know how to write.’
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This short and complete papyrus document belongs to the Amherst Papyri collection.Bibliography
Edition and Translation:Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 221–224.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 183–185 (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 | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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