Coptic receipt from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) issued by a cucumber seller to the master fruit seller of Hermopolis for cucumbers from an institution dedicated to *Phoibammon, most likely a monastery; datable to the first half of the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04264
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Ryl.Copt. 215
The main part of the document reads as follows:
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲡⲁⲙⲱⲛ, ⲡⲥⲁⲣⲃⲟⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲉⲡⲓⲟⲟⲣ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲯⲁϩ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲕⲁⲣⲡⲱⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲡⲗⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ⲛⲧⲡⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲃⲟⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧ̣ⲧⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲟⲥ
‘I, Apamon (or Apa Amon), the cucumber merchant, the inhabitant of Hanepioor, I am writing to the master Phoibammon, the fruit seller, the inhabitant of Hermopolis. I have received and have been paid by you for half the cucumbers from saint Phoibammon, which are one and a half solidi …’
(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesCult building - monastic
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - unspecified
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), 106.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
31/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲫⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain |
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