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 SaintMonastery
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
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ] | Certain |
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