Coptic Letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), concerning a matter involving an unnamed saint (S00518); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04076
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Mon. Apollo 56:
This very fragmentary letter seems to have been sent from the monastery of Apa Apollo to the hands of a deputy (topoteretes). The reason for this message remains obscure.
Line 5 reads as follows:
ⲛⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ⲁⲩⲡⲱ]ⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϣⲁⲛⲡⲣⲟⲥⲕⲩⲛ[ⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ?]
'… for the saint. [They hurried?] to us, since we regularly worship [him?] …'
(Text: S. Clackson; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document P.Camb. UL Green I belongs to the Cambridge University Library. Only the top left hand part of the document has been preserved.Bibliography
Text:Clackson, S.J., Coptic and Greek Texts relating to the Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo (Oxford, 2000), 132–133.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
28/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | Certain |
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