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E02442: Coptic Letter, from the monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning *Phoibammon (Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), 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. 483
This is a fragmentary letter from Epiphanius mentioning a visit to saint Phoibammon, most likely the famous healing saint whose shrine was located nearby at the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme, at Deir el-Bahari.
Line 3 of fragment D reads as follows:
]ⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁ[ⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙ[ⲙⲱ]ⲛ
'…] come to the saint Phoibammon …'
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum, slightly modified)
This is a fragmentary letter from Epiphanius mentioning a visit to saint Phoibammon, most likely the famous healing saint whose shrine was located nearby at the monastery of Apa Phoibammon on the mountain of Jeme, at Deir el-Bahari.
Line 3 of fragment D reads as follows:
]ⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁ[ⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙ[ⲙⲱ]ⲛ
'…] come to the saint Phoibammon …'
(Text and trans. W. E. Crum, slightly modified)
History
Evidence ID
E02442Saint Name
Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut (ob. c. 304) : S00080Saint Name in Source
ⲡϩⲁ[ⲅ]ⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙ[ⲙⲱ]ⲛRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheetLanguage
- Coptic
