Coptic ostracon from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) with a letter addressing a living saint (S00518); datable to the first half of the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04175
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Frange 437:
This letter beginning most likely addresses a monastic authority and refers to him as a saint/holy man.
Lines 1–6 of this document read as follows:
⳨⳨⳨ ϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲙⲉⲛ
ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉⲗⲁ-
ⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲉⲥϩⲁ ⲉⲡⲣⲟⲥ-
ⲕⲩⲛⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓ-
ⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲉⲙⲁ-
ⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛ̣[ⲁⲙⲉ?]
‘Before the message of my utmost humility, I write bowing before your very honourable paternity, [truly?] holy one …’
(Text: A. Boud'hors and Ch. Heurtel; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesPrayer/supplication/invocation
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Visiting/veneration of living saint
Source
The ostracon inv, O.292202 is a fragment of an amphora and was found during a season of the Belgian excavation at the Theban necropolis. It is part of the archive of the monk Frange who inhabited the tomb of Amenemope (TT29) in the Valley of the Kings.Bibliography
Text and French translation:Boud'hors, A., and Heurtel, C., Les ostraca coptes de la TT 29. Autour du moine Frangé (Études d'archéologie thébaine 3; Brussels, 2010), 278–279.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
20/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | Certain |
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