Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the settlement of a dispute caused by an accidental discovery of valuables hidden in a jar on the mountain of Jeme and donated to a monk for his monastery, mentioning Apa *Paul, the anchorite, Apa * Petronios as being among the saints, as well as the topos of Apa *Phoibammon; dated to the year 711/712.
Evidence ID
E04365
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CLT 5:
The beginning of the document fragmentary, lines 17–18 read as follows
ⲉⲧϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ ] ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ [
‘…] who is among the saints […]Apa Paulos, the anchorite […’
Lines 29–30 read:
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
‘…] Apa Petronios, who is among the saints, …’
Lines 87–88 read:
ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩⲱϣⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ
‘… so that you would be willing and come to (the topos of) the saint Phoibammon.’
(Text and trans.: A. A. Schiller)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
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) 30–34. = KRT
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
14/11/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Certain | S01654 | Paulos the anchorite, monastic founder | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ | Certain | S01655 | Petronius, monastic authority | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲛⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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