E01184: Coptic will of the heads of the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), drawn up in the mid 7th cenutury, attesting a monastery of Apa *Mena (probably the soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, 00073) on the mountain of Jeme.
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A monk and presbyter of the holy topos of Apa Mena on the mountain of Jeme was asked to act as scribe and witness for the will of Jacob and Elias, heads of the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes.
This very lengthy document is written on papyrus. It is lacking the beginning of the text and has a few lacunae. The papyrus is kept at the Museum in Cairo, inv. 8730.
Discussion
Whether this monastery of Apa Mena is named after Apa Mena the soldier martyred at Phrygia and buried at Abu Mina, remains uncertain.
Bibliography
Edition and translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 239–245.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 198–204.