E02460: Coptic sale of parts of a house, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), sold by the steward (oikonomos) of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), property that had previously been donated to the saint for the salvation of the donor's soul, datable to the first third of the 8th century.
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In this document, John, the steward (oikonomos) of (the shrine of) saint Apa Phoibammon (line 63) sells parts of a house to Apa Viktor, son of Athanasios, from Jeme (lines 11–12). These are the parts of the house which a certain Georgios had in the past donated to the saint on account of the salvation of his deceased mother Ioanne (lines 19–21). The donation included moveable as well as immovable property (lines 29–32)
'We are selling you, Apa Biktor, the son of the blessed Athanasios, from Jeme, in the district of the city , the parts which George, the son of Ioanne, the daughter of Elias, son of Apa Biktor – her mother is Eudoxia –, donated to the saint Apa Phoibamon for the salvation of their mother and and his own, so that God and the intercessions of the martyr will be kind with them on his tribunal, since this is exactly the place where every Christian needs it.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E02460
Saint Name
Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut (ob. c. 304) : S00080
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The papyrus document from Jeme is now housed at the museum for antiquities (R. Museo di Antichità) at Turin.
Discussion
For similar documents see E02458, E02459, and E02461.
Bibliography
Edition and Translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 65–68.
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 116–118 (German Translations).