Coptic document from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), presumably containing an oracle question, possibly directed at *Apollo (monk and monastic founder, 00774); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04106
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Divinatory texts and oracle questions
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Louvre Bawit 66
This very abraded text seems to have been an oracle question produced to be taken into a saint’s shrine. Whether it addresses a local Bawit saint, such as Apollo, Phib, or Anoup, or was prepared to be brought further away to a famous oracle shrine, remains unknown.
Lines 1–2 read as follows:
+ ⲡ̣ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ . . . . [ ]
ⲉϣⲱⲡ̣ⲉ
‘God of saint …[…], if …’
Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityDivination
Source
The small papyrus document is kept as inv. E 27590 at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and French translation:†Clackson, S.J., and Delattre, A., Papyrus grecs et coptes de Baouît conservés au Musée du Louvre (Bibliothèque d'Études coptes 22; Cairo, 2014), 107.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
6/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00774 | Apollo, Phib, and Anoup, monks and monastic founders | Uncertain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Certain |
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