E02461: Coptic sale of a house as inheritance, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), a property purchased from the monastery of *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), datable to the middle of the 8th century, possibly dated 5 November 747.

P.KRU 19<br><br>In this document, a father is handing down a house jointly to his two children, after their mother's death. The house is said to have been purchased within saint Phoibammon, which might refer to an area or a district, but could also suggest a house sold by representatives of the saint's shrine, as is the case in <a href="https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13821914">E02458</a>, $Eß2459 and <a href="https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13821938">E02460</a>.<br><br>Lines 24–30 read as follows:<br><br>ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲗⲗⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲣⲡⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ <br>ⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ<br><br>'And now I, the aforementioned Hello, I agree (to give) to you, my beloved children Mena and Tsone, the entire house which I (lit. he) purchased together with your mother from within saint Phoibammon'<br><br>Lines 103–105 of the verso read:<br><br>ⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ(ⲥ) ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ(ⲁⲙⲱⲛ)<br><br>'… the house which I purchased together with your mother from saint Apa Phoibamon.'<br><br>(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)