E04106: Coptic document from the monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit (Middle Egypt), presumably containing an oracle question, possibly directed at Apa *Apollo (founder of the monastery, 00160); datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-04, 00:00 authored by BryanP.Louvre Bawit 66
This very abraded text seems to have been an oracle question produced to be taken into a saint’s shrine. Whether it addresses a local Bawit saint, such as Apollo, Phib, or Anoup, or was prepared to be brought further away to a famous oracle shrine, remains unknown.
Lines 1–2 read as follows:
+ ⲡ̣ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ . . . . [ ]
ⲉϣⲱⲡ̣ⲉ
‘God of saint …[…], if …’
(Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre; trans. G. Schenke)
This very abraded text seems to have been an oracle question produced to be taken into a saint’s shrine. Whether it addresses a local Bawit saint, such as Apollo, Phib, or Anoup, or was prepared to be brought further away to a famous oracle shrine, remains unknown.
Lines 1–2 read as follows:
+ ⲡ̣ⲛ̣ⲟ̣ⲩ̣ⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ . . . . [ ]
ⲉϣⲱⲡ̣ⲉ
‘God of saint …[…], if …’
(Text: S. J. Clackson/A. Delattre; trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04106Saint Name
Saints, name wholly or largely lost : S01744 Apa Apollo (founder of the monastery at Bawit, 4th century ) : S00160Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Divinatory texts and oracle questions Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheetLanguage
- Coptic
