E04032: Coptic will of Elisabeth, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), bequeathing her property to her husband, signed by many witnesses, one of which is a priest at the church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) at Jeme; dated between 26 Mai and 24 June 723.
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posted on 2017-09-15, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.KRU 68:
Elisabeth, a local woman from Jeme, bequeaths all her property to her second husband Abraham. One of the witnesses signing this document is a priest at the church of Kyriakos.
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Will
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
723
Evidence not after
723
Activity not before
723
Activity not after
723
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, BM Or. 1061c and 1062, belongs to the British Museum in London.
Bibliography
Edition and Translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 217–221.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 177–183 (German Translation).