Coptic letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), expressing the hope to invoke God and *Apollo (monk and monastic founder, S00774) through prayers; datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04101
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Bawit Clackson 89
This fragmentary papyrus letter asks for prayers to invoke the blessing of the saint.
Lines 2–4 read as follows:
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲉⲉⲩ]ⲉ̣ [ϩ]ⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
[ⲧⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ]ⲉ ⲡⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕ[ⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ] ⲙⲛ ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ
[ⲛⲥⲙⲟⲩ ϫⲓⲛⲧ]ⲡⲉ
‘Remember us (?)] in your holy prayers, [so that God,] the Almighty and saint Apa Apollo might send
a great [blessing from above (?)].’
Text: S. J. Clackson, modified
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The papyrus document BM EA 75308 side (A) is kept at the British Museum in London. The document has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text:Clackson, S.J., It is Our Father Who Writes: Orders from the Monastery of Apollo at Bawit (Am.Stud.Pap. XLIII; Cincinnati, 2008), 116.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
3/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ | Certain |
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