Coptic ostracon from the area of Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) offering a list of various metal objects signed by the deacon of a church dedicated to *George (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00259); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E05700
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.CrumVC 127
The text is very fragmentary, but the signature of the deacon who drew up this list reads as follows (lines 7–9):
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲱⲗⲑⲉ [ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟ]ⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲟⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ]ⲧⲓⲅⲛⲟⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
‘I Kolthe, [the deacon] of saint George, I have written] this list with my own hand.’
(Text and translation: W. E. Crum, lightly modified)
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Places Named after Saint
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)
Places Named after SaintChurch
Source
The ostracon inv. no 38 is kept at University College London.Discussion
This could be an inventory of the church’s belongings. For similar objects mentioned in an inventory of the church of Theodore in Hermopolis see E04266.The same church of saint George seems to be mentioned in $E05697.
Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Varia Coptica (Aberdeen, 1939), 39 (text), 50 (trans.).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
12/6/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | ⲅⲉⲟⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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