Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a statement drawn up by the presbyter of the church of Apa *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) at Jeme announcing that he and his family are allowed to build behind the 'new church', most likely of the same saint; datable to the 8th century.
E05696
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.CrumVC 22
The presbyter of the church of saint Kyriakos at Jeme informs a man from Jeme that the presbyter as well as any member of his extended family are indeed in a position to build whatever they like in the vicinity of the saint’s new church.
The text is fragmentary, but lines 2–11 run as follows:
[ⲁⲛⲟⲕ personal name] ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓⲣⲁϣⲉ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲧⲱⲧ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲓϫ̣ⲓ̣ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡ̣ⲁⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲱⲗⲏ
ⲡⲣⲙϫⲏⲙⲉ ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲧⲏⲓ ⲉⲓ<ⲧⲉ> ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϥϫⲛϩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ϩⲁ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲓⲧⲉ ϩⲁ ⲧⲁⲙⲁⲁⲩ
ⲉϣ[ϭⲙ]ϭⲟⲙ ⲛⲕⲱⲧ ⲕⲉⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛ[ⲥⲁ ⲧⲉⲕ]ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲃⲣⲣⲉ ⲛⲁ[ⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ?
‘… [I, NN], the presbyter of Apa Kyriakos at Jeme, I write happily in agreement, informing you, Pastratole, the inhabitant of Jeme, that I, or my offspring, or anyone related to me, be it from my father’s, or my mother’s side, is able to build something else [behind the] new church of [Apa Kyriakos (?) …] ’
(Text and translation: W. E. Crum, modified by G. Schenke)
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)
Places Named after SaintChurch
Source
The ostracon, with the inv. no. 499, is kept at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.Discussion
The same institution dedicated to Apa Kyri(a)kos at Jeme seems to occur in E04024, E04032, E4033, and E04199.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum W.E., Varia Coptica (Aberdeen, 1939), 10 (text), 14 (trans.).
Gesa Schenke
11/6/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00007 | Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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