Coptic will of Daniel, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), bequeathing his house located on the road of Apa *Viktor (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749) to his only son; dated 8 May 765.
Evidence ID
E04034
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Will
P.KRU 71
Daniel, a local of castron Jeme, bequeathed his property to his only son Christodoros who inherits a house located on the road of Apa Viktor.
Lines 22–24 read as follows:
ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲏⲓ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁ<ϥ>ⲉⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲁ ⲡⲁⲙⲁⲕ(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲙ ϫⲛⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲧⲉ ϣⲁ ⲣⲁⲧⲏⲩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲓ ⲡϩⲓⲣ
ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ
‘You shall command over my house, this one which has come onto me from my blessed father Pachom, from its foundations to the roof top. This one, which is located on the road of saint Apa Viktor.’
Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff; German trans. W. C. Till; Engl. trans. G. Schenke.
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintGates, bridges and roads
Source
This short and complete papyrus document, BM Or. 4659, 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), 228–230.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 188–191 (German Translation).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
25/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ | Uncertain |
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