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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Coptic acknowledgement of debt from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) mentioning a monk of the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) acting as the scribe; datable to the 7th century.

Evidence ID

E06309

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Documentary texts - Other private document

O.Brit.Mus.Copt. 83/2 = BMHall 83/2

The document concerns the spinning of flax to pay for a debt. The scribe mentioned is a monk of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon.

Summary: G. Schenke.

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Source

The ostracon 20039 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), 84.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

8/9/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00080Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of AssiutCertain


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