E01185: Coptic acknowledgement of a debt made to the head of a female monastery of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), most likely located in the area of Antinoopolis/Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), written in the 7th c.

Summary:

A man from a rural locality in the district of Hermopolis acknowledges a debt over 30 measures of wine addressed to the female representative of the monastery/place of *Kollouthos.

P.MilVogl 4.copt. 1, lines 1–3:

ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲡϣⲛⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲣⲁⲥⲓ ϩⲛ ⲧϣⲱϣⲉ ⲛⲡⲉϫⲁⲗ ϩⲙ ⲡⲧⲟϣ ⲛϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲥⲁϩ ⲧⲁⲕⲁⲡⲉ ⲧⲣⲱⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓⲭⲣⲉⲱⲥⲧⲓ ⲛⲏ ⲛⲙⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲕⲁⲧⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲏⲣⲡ

'I, Elias, son of Abraham, from a locality in the district of Hermopolis, I am writing to the mistress Tagaph, the woman of the place of Saint Kollouthos, that I owe you thirty kados vessels of wine.'

(Text: A. Vogliano; trans.: G. Schenke)