E02444: Coptic sale of a share of property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a church of Apa *Isidoros (possibly S00229); dated 4 March 715 or 730.
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posted on 2017-03-03, 00:00authored bydlambert
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A man named Athanasios from Jeme sells his share of a property to his brother Enoch. One of the witnesses signing this document is a presbyter of a church of Apa Isidoros.
Documentary texts - Sale document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
715
Evidence not after
730
Activity not before
715
Activity not after
730
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Jeme
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme
Hermopolis
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Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The papyrus document is housed at the British Museum in London, BM Or. 4882.
Bibliography
Text and Translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 30–34.
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 100–102 (German Translations).