E04104: Coptic document from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), mentioning Apa *Phib (companion of Apa Apollo, S00774); datable to the 6th/7th century.
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posted on 2017-10-04, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.Mon.Apollo 49<br><br>In this document, a lack of wine seems to cause a request made by the monastery to have wine brought. The monk Petre of the monastery of Apa Apollo is sending this request to a female addressee asking her to bring it, if she has not yet sold it, and not to sell it to anyone else.<br>Line 3 of the fragmentary document reads as follows:<br><br>] ⲛⲁⲕⲁⲡⲏ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲃ ⲥⲉϣ\ⲧ/ ⲛⲏⲣⲉⲡ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲧⲁⲟⲩⲉ ⲉ . . . . .<br><br>‘… ] kindly. Apa Phib: they are lacking wine. Now, are you informing …?’<br><br><br>(Text: S. J. Clackson, slightly modified; trans.: G. Schenke)