E02435: Coptic contract, from the monastery of Epiphanios at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning a topos of *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293) on the mountain of Jeme; datable to the first half of the 7th century.
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posted on 2017-03-03, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Mon.Epiph. 84
The document is a contract between a priest of a topos of Apa John in the desert and a camel herd concerning the conditions under which the latter is to tend to the animals.
The scribe of the document who also acts as one of the witnesses to this contract is a priest of a topos of Mark the Evangelist, located on the mountain of Jeme.
Lines 30–39 read as follows:
ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲓ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ
ⲙⲙⲟ ⲁⲥϩⲁ ⲧⲉϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
'Mark, this humbles priest of the topos of St Mark, the Evangelist, in the hill of Jeme, I was asked and I wrote this agreement with my hand, …'
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum)
The document is a contract between a priest of a topos of Apa John in the desert and a camel herd concerning the conditions under which the latter is to tend to the animals.
The scribe of the document who also acts as one of the witnesses to this contract is a priest of a topos of Mark the Evangelist, located on the mountain of Jeme.
Lines 30–39 read as follows:
ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲓ ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ
ⲙⲙⲟ ⲁⲥϩⲁ ⲧⲉϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
'Mark, this humbles priest of the topos of St Mark, the Evangelist, in the hill of Jeme, I was asked and I wrote this agreement with my hand, …'
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum)
History
Evidence ID
E02435Saint Name
Mark the Evangelist : S00293Saint Name in Source
ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
