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
E05980
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Crum 220
This contract is written by Elias, son of Solomon and directed to the monks of the tops of Apa Phoibammon. He agrees to work with their camels, to share the income generated through that work, and not to cheat on the amount.
Lines 2–4 read as follow:
ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲛ[ⲏⲩ] ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ [ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁ]ⲙⲱⲛ
'… to the brothers of the holy topos 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. 32839.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), p. 30 and 41. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 57–58.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
30/7/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ [ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁ]ⲙⲱⲛ | Certain |
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