Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with an agreement over a work to be done by the feast of Apa *Michael (presumably the Archangel, S00181); datable to the beginning of the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E05984
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.Crum 304
The fragmentary agreement concerns the cultivation of particular areas of land and seeds to be planted by the time of the feast of Apa Michael or by the 15th. The agreement is made in the presence of the presbyter Apa Biktor.
Lines 8–9 of the reverse read as follows:
ϣⲁ ⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲓⲭ[ⲁⲏⲗ] ⲏ ϣⲁ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲉ
'… until the feast of Apa Michael or until day 15.'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Festivals
Saint’s feast
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Source
This ostracon is kept at the British Museum in London, inv. 32869.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), p. 28 and 55. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 61.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
3/8/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲓⲭ[ⲁⲏⲗ] | Certain |
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