Coptic document from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) mentioning a donation of landed property made to the monastery of Apa *Pesynthios (probably Pisenthios, ascetic and bishop of Koptos, ob. 632, S00057); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E06308
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Donation document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
O.Brit.Mus.Copt. 66/2 = BMHall 66/2
The fragmentary document addresses the presbyter and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Pesynthios and recounts the donation made by the late father of the woman producing this document, stating that the entire property which her father had inherited from his parents was donated for the salvation of his soul and that of his deceased son.
Summary: G. Schenke.
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The ostracon 5858 is kept at the British Museum in London.Bibliography
Text and translation:Hall, H.R., Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum, vol. 1 (London, 1905). (= O.Brit.Mus.Copt.).
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 79.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
8/9/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00057 | Pisenthios/Pesenthios, ascetic and bishop of Koptos, ob. 632 | Uncertain |
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