E04026: Coptic settlement of a dispute over joint inheritance, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning the neighbouring properties of houses inherited, among the bordering properties is one dedicated to *George (soldier and martyr, S00259); dated to the year 748/9.
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posted on 2017-09-15, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.KRU 43:
In this document, one of two houses mentioned shares its north boundary with a property belonging to an institution dedicated to George, most likely a church.
'The boundaries of the house located on the road of the children of Konon are the following: The south (boundary) are the public road and the main gate. The north (boundary) is saint George. The west (boundary) are the children of Japjipe. The east (boundary) are the heirs of the children of Thoxe.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04026
Saint Name
George, soldier and martyr of Diospolis/Lydda : S00259
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
748
Evidence not after
749
Activity not before
748
Activity not after
749
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Jeme
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document Louvre E. 7986 is incomplete, missing the beginning. Some lines are only partly preserved. The document is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Bibliography
Edition and Translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 148–151.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 133–136 (German Translation).