Evidence ID
E05708
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.CrumST 405
The document seems to be a writing exercise as it contains various phrases, one of them (line 2) being:
ⲛⲛⲁⲕⲁⲡⲏ <ⲛ>ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲡⲛⲟⲩ̣ⲧ̣[ⲉ
‘For the meals dedicated to all the saints of God.’
Another (lines 5–6) reads:
ⲙⲡⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉ[ⲡ]ⲉ̣ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱ[ⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ
‘… to saint Apa Epiphanios, the anchorite.’
(Text: W. E. Crum, modified; trans.: G. Schenke)
Activities accompanying Cult
Feasting (eating, drinking, dancing, singing, bathing)
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The fragmentary papyrus document is a palimpsest, the original a Greek document dated to the year 508. The item belongs to a private collection.Bibliography
Text:Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 106.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/6/2018
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00093 | Epiphanios, anchorite, monk and abbot of the Theban monastery | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉ[ⲡ]ⲉ̣ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ | Certain | S01151 | All Saints | ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | Certain |
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