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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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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

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00073Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Menaⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁUncertain


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