Coptic document from Aswan (Upper Egypt), concerning the payment of a debt, mentioning as one of the witnesses a presbyter of an institution dedicated to *Papnouthios (Egyptian saint of uncertain identity, S00882); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E06817
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Leather fragment
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.Lond.Copt. I 447 = BM 447
In line 28 the witness is mentioned as follows:
+ [ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ….]. ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥ⟨ⲃⲩ⟩ⲧⲉⲣ[ⲟ]ⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ] ϯⲟ ⲙⲛ[ⲧⲣⲉ]
‘[I, name], the presbyter of saint Papnoutios, I am a witness.’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesMonastery
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Church
Source
The leather document BM Pap. 4 is kept in the British Museum in London and was dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
There are a number of Egyptian saints, primarily monks, bearing the name Paphnoutios: see Papaconstantinou 2001, 166-8 for a full discussion. In many cases, as here, it is impossible to identify with any confidence which Paphnoutios is being mentioned.Bibliography
Text and comments:Crum, W.E., Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum (P.Lond.Copt. I) (London, 1905), 209–211.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
15/10/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00882 | Paphnoutios, Egyptian saint (precise identity uncertain) | ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ] | Certain |
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