Evidence ID
E05768
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Letter
CPR 34.62
The letter addressed to a superior of the clergy, discussing a successor for liturgical services, ends in lines 19–21 with a final wish for a long life of the addressee obtainable through the strengthening powers of the saints’ intercession through prayers:
ⲡⲟⲥ ⲓⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲭ̣ⲥ̣ ⲧⲁϫⲣⲁ̣ ⲛⲉϩⲁⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲱⲛⲁϩ ⲛⲏⲛ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲁⲉⲓϣ ϩ̣ⲓⲧⲛ ⲛⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ(ⲥ) ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ(ⲥ) ⲙⲛ ⲡⲭⲟⲣⲟ(ⲥ)
ⲧⲏⲗϥ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲃ +
‘May the Lord Jesus Christ prolong the days of your life for us for a long time through the prayers of saint Mark and the whole choir of saints.’
(Text: M. R. M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The papyrus document P.Vindob. K 1289 is kept at the Papyrus Collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and German translation:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptische dokumentarische Texte aus der Papyrussammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri (CPR) vol. 34 (Berlin/Boston, 2018), 143–146, plates 54–55.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/6/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00293 | Mark the Evangelist | ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ(ⲥ) | Certain | S01151 | All Saints | ⲡⲭⲟⲣⲟ(ⲥ) ⲧⲏⲗϥ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉⲃ | Certain |
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