Fragmentary Coptic letter from Jeme (Upper Egypt) mentioning the shrine of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E05707
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Letter
O.CrumST 324
The document seems to concern a delivery of material for a wooden roof at the shrine/monastery (topos) of the saint. Lines 4–5 read as follows:
] ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟ[ⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁ]ⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ ⲙ[ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙ]ⲉ ⲙⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧⲥⲟ ⲉⲧⲉ̣ⲛ̣ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ
‘… ] into the shrine (topos) [of saint] Apa Phoibammon on [the mountain of Jeme]. The parts from the (wooden) roof of which we took hold … ’
Text: W. E. Crum, modified. Translation: G. Schenke.
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The fragmentary papyrus document 1156,7 is kept at the Musée d’ Orléans.Bibliography
Text:Crum, W.E, Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 86–87.
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 ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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