Coptic Letter from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), invoking *Apollo (monk and monastic founder, 00774) for protection of the addressee; datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04108
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Mon.Apollo 17
The letter was written by a representative of the monastery of Apa Apollo to a representative of a village.
Line 4 reads as follows:
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ ⲉⲃⲁ̣ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϫⲓⲛⲉ ⲡⲛⲟϭ [ϣⲁ ⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ
‘Apa Apollo, may he watch over you from the greatest [to the smallest.’
(Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre modified; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The fragmentary papyrus document BL Or. 6201 B105 is kept at the British Library in London. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
For similar invocations in different letters from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit see E04107.Bibliography
Text and Translation:Clackson, S.J., Coptic and Greek Texts relating to the Hermopolite Monastery of Apa Apollo (Oxford, 2000), 68–70.
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 | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲱ | Certain |
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