Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with a work contract, mentioning the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable around the year 600.
Evidence ID
E05977
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.Crum 200
In this very fragmentary document a monk and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon hires a herdsman.
Lines 1–2 read as follows:
[ⲡⲙⲟⲛ]ⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲟⲓ[ⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡ]ⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ
'[the] monk and oikonomos 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. 32978.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), p. 30 and 38. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 55.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/7/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡ]ⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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