E04365: Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the settlement of a dispute caused by an accidental discovery of valuables hidden in a jar on the mountain of Jeme and donated to a monk for his monastery, mentioning Apa *Paul, the anchorite, Apa * Petronios as being among the saints, as well as the topos of Apa *Phoibammon; dated to the year 711/712.
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posted on 2017-11-14, 00:00authored bygschenke
CLT 5:
The beginning of the document fragmentary, lines 17–18 read as follows
ⲉⲧϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ [ ] ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ [
‘…] who is among the saints […]Apa Paulos, the anchorite […’
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
711
Evidence not after
712
Activity not before
711
Activity not after
712
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Jeme
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - monastic
Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
Monastery
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Schiller, A.A., Ten Coptic Legal Texts (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1932). = CLT
Till, W.C., Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1964) 30–34. = KRT