Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the sale of property mentioning a presbyter of an establishment dedicated to Apa *Mena (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) among the witnesses; datable to the middle of the 8th century, either 730 or 745.
Evidence ID
E04366
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Sale document
CLT 9:
One of the witnesses signing this document is a presbyter of an establishment dedicated to Apa Mena, line 32-34 of the document reads as follows:
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ] ⲡⲉⲥⲩⲛⲑⲓⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲡⲉ]ⲡⲣⲓⲥⲃⲉⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡ[
ϯⲟ ⲙ] ⲙⲉⲛⲧⲣⲉ ⳨
'I,] Pesynthios, the son of the blessed Papnoute, [the] priest of saint Apa Mena and Apa P[… I act as] witness.'
(Text and trans.: A. A. Schiller, slightly modified)
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
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) 39–40. = KRT
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
14/11/2017
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ | Uncertain |
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