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.

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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 E02458, $Eß2459 and E02460.

Lines 24–30 read as follows:

ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙⲟⲗⲟⲅⲉⲓ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲗⲗⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲣⲡⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ
ⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ

'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'

Lines 103–105 of the verso read:

ⲡⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϣⲟⲡϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲓ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ(ⲥ) ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃ(ⲁⲙⲱⲛ)

'… the house which I purchased together with your mother from saint Apa Phoibamon.'

(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)