E04033: Coptic will of Tsible, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), concerned with offering to be made after her death is signed by many witnesses who have used a lector of the church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) to act as their scribe; dated 18 August 729 or 744.
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posted on 2017-09-15, 00:00authored bygschenke
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The document is concerned with post mortem offerings to be made for Tsible by her husband. Tsible, very ill, determines that her husband should sell some of her property to be able to pay for these offerings. The document is signed by several witnesses who have made use of a lector of the church of Apa Kyriakos to act as their scribe.
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Will
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
729
Evidence not after
744
Activity not before
729
Activity not after
744
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
This short and complete papyrus document belongs to the Amherst Papyri collection.
Bibliography
Edition and Translation:
Crum, W.E., and Steindorff, G., Koptische Rechtsurkunden des achten Jahrhunderts aus Djeme (Theben) (Leipzig, 1971), 221–224.
Till, W.C., Erbrechtliche Untersuchungen auf Grund der koptischen Urkunden (Vienna, 1954), 183–185 (German Translation).