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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with an acknowledgement of debt or sale for future delivery, mentioning the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable around the year 600.

Evidence ID

E05976

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Documentary texts - Sale document

O.Crum 158

In this fragmentary document the debt of a solidus is acknowledged to a monk and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon (lines 3–4) and to be repaid in seeds. Another monk of the same monastery acts as the scribe of the document (lines 5–6 on the reverse).

[ⲡⲧ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ]

'[the] place/monastery of Apa Phoibammon'


(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Source

This ostracon is kept at the British Museum in London, inv. 32946.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), pp. 24–25 and 31. = O.Crum

German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 52.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

27/7/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00080Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiutⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ]Certain


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