Coptic ostracon from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) mentioning the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) on the mountain of Jeme; datable to the first half of the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04182
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Frange 711
Lines 4–5 of this very fragmentary document read as follows:
]ⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟ̣ .
ⲃⲁⲙⲱ]ⲛ̣ ⲙ̣ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏ̣ⲙ̣ⲉ̣
‘] monastery of Apa Phoibamon on the mountain of Jeme.’
(Text: A. Boud'hors and Ch. Heurtel, trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
The ostracon inv. O.292697 is limestone fragment 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), 382.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
23/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟ̣ .[ⲃⲁⲙⲱ]ⲛ̣ | Certain |
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