Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the sale of a stone door to the abbots of the monastery of Apa *Paulos on the mountain of Jeme; dated 18 November 702.
E04364
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Sale document
CLT 4
The document addresses three monks as heads of the monastery of Apa Paulos to whom an inherited stone door is being sold. The seller is a private individual from a village in the area of the city of Koptos who attests that the object has been valued at the price of two gold tremises, which he has received from the monastery.
Lines 2–4 of the document read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕ(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ϩⲙ ⲡϣⲛⲥⲓⲱⲛ ϩⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲕⲃⲧ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁ ⲛⲛⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗⲉⲥⲧ(ⲁ)ⲧ(ⲟⲥ)
ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭⲟⲥ [ⲁ]ⲡⲁ ⲇⲁⲛⲓⲏⲗ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲕⲱⲃ ϭⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲑⲁⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉⲡⲣⲟⲉⲥⲧⲱⲥ ⲛⲑⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ
ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲁ ⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲙⲟ[ⲛⲧ]
‘I, Merkurios, the son of the blessed Zacharias, from Pshension in the district of the city of Koptos, he writes to the most pious monks, Apa Daniel, Apa Iakobos and Apa Athanasios, the superiors of the monastery of our holy father Apa Paulos on the mountain of the Kastron Jeme in the district of the city of Hermonthis.’
(Text and trans.: A. A. Schiller)
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Bibliography
Text and translation:Schiller, A.A., Ten Coptic Legal Texts (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1932). = CLT
Till, W.C., Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1964) 28–30. = KRT
Gesa Schenke
14/11/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01654 | Paulos the anchorite, monastic founder | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ | Certain |
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