E05986
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - Other private document
O.Crum 310
The document is a declaration made by the monk Isaak, son of Enoch, of the monastery of Apa Ioannes/John, before the bishop Abraham, relating the actions of a certain Phoibammon. Two monks from the mountain of Jeme are also present at the scene when the declaration was made.
Lines 1–2 read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲡ[ϣⲏⲣⲉ] ⲛⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲡⲉⲗ(ⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁ[ⲛⲛⲏⲥ]
'I, Isaak, the [son] of Enoch, the least monk at the topos of Apa Ioannes, …'
Lines 6–13 of the reverse read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ(ⲟⲡⲟⲥ) ⲁⲓⲥⲁⲕ ϯ ⲧⲉϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ϩⲓⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭ(ⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭ(ⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ [ⲛ]ϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲡϣⲏⲣ[ⲉ ⲛⲉ]ⲛⲱⲭ ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲟⲭ(ⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁ[ⲛⲛⲏⲥ] ϯⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲉ ⲉⲛⲓϣⲁϫⲉ +
'I, Abraham, the bishop, Isaak gave this testimony before me, while Apa Ioannes, the monk at the topos of Jeme, was present, together with Apa Isaak, likewise a monk at the topos of Jeme. I, Isaak, the son of Enoch, the monk of Apa Ioannes, I assent to these words.'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
This ostracon is kept at the British Museum in London, inv. 32811.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), pp. 27 and 56. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 62–63.
Gesa Schenke
3/8/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁ[ⲛⲛⲏⲥ] | Uncertain | S00042 | John, the Apostle and Evangelist | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁ[ⲛⲛⲏⲥ] | Uncertain |
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