Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt), mentioning *Antony ('the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098) and another saint whose name is lost; datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04136
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
KOW 424:
ϩ]ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ [ⲁⲡⲁ?] ⲁⲛⲧⲟⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲛⲁⲭⲟⲣⲓⲧⲓⲥ
ϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡ[ⲁ …
‘holy [Apa?] Antony, the anchorite,
holy Apa […’
(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone ostracon KO 102 is 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), 86.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
10/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00098 | Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356 | ⲁⲛⲧⲟⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲛⲁⲭⲟⲣⲓⲧⲓⲥ | Certain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Certain |
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