Coptic receipt from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), issued by the dikaion of a monastery dedicated to *Michael, the Archangel (S00181); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E06814
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.Lond.Copt. I 1049 = BM 1049
The receipt was issued to an oil merchant for an agreed payment in kind.
+ ⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ
‘The dikaion of the Archangel Michael’
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The papyrus document BM Or. 6024 is kept in the British Museum in London and was dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and comments:Crum, W.E., Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum (P.Lond.Copt. I) (London, 1905), 436.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
30/10/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ | Certain |
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