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E02467: Coptic letter, from Ape (Upper Egypt), mentioning a church of Apa *Stephanos (presumably Stephen the First Martyr, S00030), datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2017-03-07, 00:00 authored by gschenke
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Line 6 of this fragmentary document mentions a church of Apa Stephanos:

ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ

'… the church of Apa Stephanos …'

(Text: A. Erman and W. E. Crum, trans. G. Schenke)

History

Evidence ID

E02467

Saint Name

Stephen, the First Martyr : S00030

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ

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Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Letter Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

799

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

799

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Ape

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Ape Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Source

The Ostracon with the fragmentary letter sent by a man from the village of Ape was found in the Theban area and is now housed in the papyrus collection in Berlin, P.Berol. inv. 89. The text has been dated on palaeographical grounds.

Bibliography

Edition: Erman, A., and Crum, W.E., Ägyptische Urkunden aus den koeniglichen Museen zu Berlin, Koptische Urkunden vol. 1 (Berlin, 1904), 68.

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    Keywords

    S00030History

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