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E01735: Coptic list of holy books belonging to the monastery of Apa *Elijah (S00667) on the mountain, presumably at Aphroditopolis/Atfih (Middle Egypt), listing a papyrus manuscript containing the Martyrdoms of Apa *Epithymitos (S00894), *Elijah (S00668), Apa *Sabinos (S00895), and others, datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2016-07-16, 00:00 authored by gschenke
KSB 1.12

A large limestone ostracon preserves one hundred and fifteen lines written in two columns, listing all the books belonging to the monastery of Elijah on the mountain. The list begins with books from the Old Testament followed by the gospels, and various other manuscripts, including Encomia (E01733, $E01737, $E01738, $E01740), Lives (E01732, E01733, E01734, $E01736, $E01741), and Martyrdoms (E01731, $E01735, $E01739, $E01742, $E01743). The material of the books is listed either as papyrus (ⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ) or as parchment (ⲙⲉⲃⲣⲁⲛⲟⲛ), specifying whether these manuscripts are old or new.

[ⲡⲗ]ⲟ̣ⲅⲟⲥ ⲛⲛϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲡ̣ⲉ̣[ⲧⲣⲁ]

‘[The] list of holy books at the monastery (topos) of Apa Elijah on the mountain.’

In lines 76–77 one finds the entry:

ⲟⲩϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲁⲃⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲭⲁⲣ(ⲧⲏⲥ)
ⲅⲉⲛⲟⲩⲣ(ⲅⲓⲟⲥ)

'A martyr book of Apa Epithymitos, Elijah, Apa Sabinos, and others, papyrus (χάρτης), new (καινούργιος).’

Text: M. Hasitzka, KSB I.12. Translation: G. Schenke.

History

Evidence ID

E01735

Saint Name

Elijah (unspecified) : S00667 Elijah, an Egyptian martyred in Palestine, ob. 308. : S00668 Epithymitos : S00894 Sabinos : S00895

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲧⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲁⲃⲓⲛⲟⲥ

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - List

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

799

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

799

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Atfih

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Atfih Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts

Source

The limestone ostracon belongs to the IFAO in Cairo, Inv. 13315, and has been dated to the 7th/8th century according to its script.

Bibliography

Text: Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch (KSB), vol. 1 (Vienna, 1993), 9–12.

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