Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) with a letter asking for prayers and announcing the shipment of vegetables as a donation to Apa *Ieremias (saint of Saqqara, S00773); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04139
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
KOW 281
+ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲛ[ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛ-?]
ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉ̣[ⲧⲧ(ⲁⲓⲏⲩ)?]
ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧ[ⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ-]
ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲣⲡⲁⲙⲉⲉ[ⲩⲉ]
ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁ[ⲃ]
ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲧⲉ
ⲁⲓⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ-
ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲁⲥⲡⲁ-
ⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ
ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ
‘I worship at [the feet of?] your esteemed paternity. I am asking your fatherhood to make you remember me in your holy prayers.
Behold, I have sent your paternity some vegetables and I am greeting the saint Apa Ieremias. I am entreating him to pray for me.’
Text: W. C. Till
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The potsherd KO 702 is kept at the papyrus collection in Vienna. Its 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), 69.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
11/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00773 | Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of Saqqara | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ | Uncertain |
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