Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt), mentioning an institution dedicated to Philotheos (probably the child martyr of Antioch, S00878); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04131
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
KOW 42
In this document the cultivation of property is agreed giving the extent of the property in question. The area to be cultivated borders on that of Saint Philotheos. The owner of the land is a deacon quite possibly from the same institution dedicated to Philotheos.
Lines 7–8 read as follows:
ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲏⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑ(ⲉⲟⲥ)
‘… to the south up to the end of my boundary (with) these which belong to saint Philotheos.’
Text: W. C. Till
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The potsherd KO 587 is kept at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The dating is on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and German translation:Till, W.C., Die koptischen Ostraka der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1960), 13.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
10/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00878 | Philotheos, child martyr of Antioch | ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑ(ⲉⲟⲥ) | Uncertain |
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