Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with a receipt for the full payment of a salary, mentioning the steward of an institution dedicated to Apa *Phaustos (presumably the presbyter and martyr of Alexandria, S00299) acting as a witness and the scribe of the document; datable around the year 600.
Evidence ID
E05974
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.Crum 51
The document addressing bishop Apa Abraham acknowledges the complete payment of a salary. Two witnesses subscribe to it, one of them acting also as the scribe and being identified as the oikonomos (steward) of Apa Phaustos.
Lines 3–5 of the back of the ostracon read as follows:
[ⲁ]ⲛⲟⲕ ⲥⲁⲗⲱⲙ ⲡⲟⲓⲕⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲁⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ ϯⲟ ⲙⲙⲁ[ⲣⲧⲩⲥ] ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲡⲉⲡⲗⲁⲝ [ⲛⲥ]ⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲥⲛ[ⲟⲟⲩⲥ
'I, Salom(on), the oikonomos of Apa Phaustos, I am acting as a witnesses. I have written this tablet (ostracon) on day 22 of the months ….'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesMonastery
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Church
Source
This ostracon is kept at the British Museum in London, inv. 32899.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), p. 13 and 35. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 46.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
26/7/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00299 | Phaustos/Faustus, presbyter and martyr of Alexandria | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲁⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ | Uncertain |
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