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 SaintMonastery
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
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | Certain |
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