Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a list of (wine) jars intended for Sunday services and feast days, one of them being that of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E05989
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Documentary texts - List
O.Crum 455
This account of jars, most likely wine jars, lists one or two jars for special Sunday services and for a saint's feast day.
In line 13 there is the following entry:
ϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃⲁⲙ(ⲟ)ⲩ
'… day of Apa Phoibammon …'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
Festivals
Saint’s feast
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Source
This ostracon is kept at the Museum in Cairo, inv. 8298.Bibliography
Text and translation:Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), p. 41–42 and 75. = O.Crum
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
3/8/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲓⲃⲁⲙ(ⲟ)ⲩ | Certain |
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