Coptic document presumably from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning an institution dedicated to *Phoibammon, possibly concerning the sale of a house; datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04263
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Ryl.Copt. 187
Only a few fragmentary lines are preserved of this document, which seems to concern a house or parts thereof once obtained for an institution dedicated to saint Phoibammon being passed on now to a different owner or tenant.
What remains of lines 1–2 reads as follows:
]ⲏ ⲛⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲁ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓ ϣⲟⲡϥ ⲉ[ⲡⲙⲟ]ⲛ̣(ⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ?) ⲛⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ
‘] of the house which Apa Kyri obtained for [the monastery?] of saint Phoibammon’
(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical Activity
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
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), 94.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
31/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain |
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