Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) mentioning the monastery and shrine dedicated to *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the early 7th century.
Evidence ID
E05702
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.CrumST 58
This very fragmentary papyrus document is addressed to Biktor, the proestos (abbot) of (the monastery of) saint Apa Phoibammon.
ⲛ]ⲧⲟⲕ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ [ ⲁ]ⲩ̣ⲱ̣ ⲡ̣ⲉ̣ⲡⲣⲱⲉⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ] ⲫⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ
‘… ] you, Biktor, […] and proestos of saint [Apa] Phoibammon’
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The papyrus fragment belongs to the EES and is kept at the British Museum in London.Bibliography
Text:Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 19.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/6/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ] ⲫⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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