Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a loan agreement, mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to Apa *Kyri(a)kos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) as the scribe of the document and its sole witness; datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04199
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Medin.Habu Copt. 56
A man named Palou is issuing a receipt for a loan of 2000 copper coins (ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ) from a man named Daniel. The priest Abraham of (the church of) Kyriakos is a witness to the transaction and the scribe of the document.
Lines 7–10 of the document read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ <ⲡ>ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ <ⲙ>ⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲓⲥⲱϩ ⲧⲉⲓⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲱ
'I, Abraham, the priest of (the church of) Apa Kyrikos, he (i.e. Palou) asked me and I gathered (i.e. picked up to write on) this potsherd with my own hand. I am a witness.'
Text and translation: E. Stefanski and M. Lichtheim, modified
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The ostracon MH 2868, now in the Museum in Cairo, is a brown ribbed pottery fragment showing traces of black coating on what was once the inside. The dating is based on context and palaeography.Bibliography
Text and translation:Stefanski, E., and Lichtheim, M., Coptic Ostraca from Medinet Habu (Univ. of Chicago. Oriental Institute Publications 71; Chicago, 1952), 11.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
24/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00007 | Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ | Certain |
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