E04178
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Frange 785:
The beginning of this letter is lost. It was most likely written by the monk Mark who addresses Psate. The message concerns the saint Thekla, though seemingly not her feast, but rather the production or copying of a hagiographical text relating to her.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
[ ̣ ̣ ̣] ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ∶ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ
ⲑ̣ⲁⲅⲓⲁ ⲇⲉ ⲑⲉⲕⲗⲁ ⲁⲣⲓ
ⲧⲉⲕⲥⲡⲟⲩⲧⲏ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ
ⲥⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲕϩⲏⲧ ⲉ-
ϩⲟⲩⲛ \ⲉⲣⲟⲥ/ ⲛ<ⲅ>ⲧ̣ⲟ̣ⲕ ⲛⲧⲉ-
ⲕϭⲓϫ ϣⲁⲛϯ-
ⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲟⲩ-
ϫⲁ ϩⲛ ⲧϭ-
10
ⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲉ-
ⲧⲣⲓⲁⲥ
ⲉⲧⲟⲩ-
ⲁⲁⲃ
‘…] … [… writing to my brother] Psate. Concerning saint Thekla, focus all your attention, set your heart onto her, and strengthen your hand, until I arrive. Farewell in the power of the Holy Trinity.’
(Text: A. Boud'hors and Ch. Heurtel; trans.: G. Schenke)
A complete record of the text is available at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/o.frange;;785
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityComposing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts
Source
The ostracon inv. O.291095 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), 420–421.
Gesa Schenke
7/12/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00092 | Thekla, follower of the Apostle Paul | ⲑⲉⲕⲗⲁ | Certain | S00777 | Thekla, martyr from Assiut | ⲑⲉⲕⲗⲁ | Certain |
|---|
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
Gesa Schenke, Cult of Saints, E04178 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E04178