Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) addressing the monastic community of Apa *Patermouthios (saint with cult at Jeme, S01222) acknowledging the settlement of a dispute; datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E05704
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.CrumST 115
The document is written and signed by various members of the clergy who acknowledge to the monastic community of Apa Patermouthios that due to the demand of the hegoumenos Apa Biktor, most likely the abbot of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon, they have agreed to settle their dispute with them and produced this document as proof and security.
The beginning of the document reads as follows:
] ⲙ̣ⲛ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ ⲡⲇⲓⲁ(ⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ) [ⲧⲉⲛⲥ]ϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲕⲉⲛⲱⲧⲏⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ
‘] and Papas, the deacon, [we are] writing to the whole community of the brothers of Apa Patermouthios.’
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The ostracon is part of a private collection (W. H. Buckler).Bibliography
Text:Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 32.
German Translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 225–226.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/6/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01222 | Patermouthios, saint with cult at Jeme (Upper Egypt) | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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