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E04022: Coptic agreement concerning the separation of inherited property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), listing a priest of Apa *Patermouthios (S01222) at castron Jeme among the various witnesses; dated 6 October 719.
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In this document two women, aunt and niece agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their father/grandfather. Among the many witnesses to this agreement appears a priest of of an institution dedicated to Apa Patermouthios.
Lines 96–97 read as follows:
⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲟⲙⲉⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ(ⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧ(ⲉ)ⲣⲙ(ⲟⲩ)ⲑ(ⲓⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲏⲙⲉ ϯⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ +
'I, Komes, the least presbyter of saint Apa Patermouthios at castron Jeme, I act as a witness.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
In this document two women, aunt and niece agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their father/grandfather. Among the many witnesses to this agreement appears a priest of of an institution dedicated to Apa Patermouthios.
Lines 96–97 read as follows:
⳨ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲟⲙⲉⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩ(ⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲧ(ⲉ)ⲣⲙ(ⲟⲩ)ⲑ(ⲓⲟⲥ) ⲙⲡⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲏⲙⲉ ϯⲱ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ +
'I, Komes, the least presbyter of saint Apa Patermouthios at castron Jeme, I act as a witness.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04022Saint Name
Patermouthios, native of Oxyrhynchos who gathered disciples around him : S01222Saint Name in Source
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Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Other private documentLanguage
- Coptic
