Coptic land lease document from Hermopolis (Middle Egpyt), mentioning a church dedicated to *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) as part of the property; datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E04261
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
P.Ryl.Copt. 158
In this lengthy, yet fragmentary document, a woman from Hermopolis is leasing out land to a man belonging to a nearby hamlet, setting out the further particulars of the arrangement and mentioning a quarter of a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael.
Line 22 reads as follows:
ⲙⲛ ⲡⲧⲉⲧⲁⲣⲧⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲉⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲏⲗ
‘… and the fourth part of the church called “The Archangel Michael”, …’
(Text and trans.: W. E. Crum)
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The papyrus document is housed at the collection of the John Rylands Library in Manchester. The dating is on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the Collection of the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1909), 80–83.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
31/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲉⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲏⲗ | Certain |
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