E04128: Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt), inscribed with the names of Apa *Phoibamon (possibly the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080) and Apa *Salabinos (S01724), datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-10, 00:00authored bygschenke
KOW 14
The context in which the saints appear remains unclear due to the fragmentary nature of this document.
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
600
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
600
Activity not after
799
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Hermonthis
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermonthis
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The limestone ostracon KO 198 is kept at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The dating is based on palaeographical grounds.
Bibliography
Text and German translation:
Till, W.C., Die koptischen Ostraka der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1960), 5.