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Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning Kyriakos (child martyr of Tarsus, son of Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.

Evidence ID

E04134

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Letter

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

KOW 300

The document is very fragmentary, but in lines 1–4 two saints appear:

ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ[ⲥ] ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ
...
ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲛⲓⲁⲥ

‘… saint Kyriakos … saint Ananias.’

(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified

Non Liturgical Activity

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The potsherds KO 298 and 312 are kept at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.

Bibliography

Text and German translation:
Till, W.C., Die koptischen Ostraka der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1960), 74–75.

Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

10/10/2017

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00007	Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus	ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ	Certain
S01224	Ananias, bishop with cult at Jeme	ⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲛⲓⲁⲥ	Certain

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Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning Kyriakos (child martyr of Tarsus, son of Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.

E04134

Documentary texts - Letter

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Cult building - unspecified

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Bibliography

Gesa Schenke

10/10/2017

Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning *Kyriakos (child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.

E04134

Documentary texts - Letter

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Cult building - unspecified

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

Bibliography

Gesa Schenke

10/10/2017

Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning Kyriakos (child martyr of Tarsus, son of Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.