Coptic document from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) with a letter addressing issues concerning the monastery at the ‘place’ of Apa *Bane (S01696); datable to the first half of the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E04267
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Ryl.Copt. 320
The beginning of this long letter mainly concerning tax payments begins as follows:
⳨ ⲕⲩⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲥⲁϩ ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲏ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲁⲓⲁⲛⲁⲕⲁⲍⲉ ⲛⲑⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ
ⲛⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲁⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲕⲱⲙⲏⲕⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏⲥ
‘It is Kyrakos who writes to the scribe Dionyse. Before anything I greet you. I went and constrained the monastery at the place of Apa Bane with respect to the village official (?) …’
(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
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), 149–151.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
31/10/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01696 | Bane, Apa Bane, abbot | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲁⲛⲉ | Certain |
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