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E04131: Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt), mentioning an institution dedicated to Philotheos (child martyr of Antioch, S00878); datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-10, 00:00 authored by dlambertKOW 42
In this document the cultivation of property is agreed giving the extent of the property in question. The area to be cultivated borders on that of Saint Philotheos. The owner of the land is a deacon quite possibly from the same institution dedicated to Philotheos.
Lines 7–8 read as follows:
ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲏⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑ(ⲉⲟⲥ)
‘… to the south up to the end of my boundary (with) these which belong to saint Philotheos.’
(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
In this document the cultivation of property is agreed giving the extent of the property in question. The area to be cultivated borders on that of Saint Philotheos. The owner of the land is a deacon quite possibly from the same institution dedicated to Philotheos.
Lines 7–8 read as follows:
ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ϣⲁ ⲡϫⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲏⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑ(ⲉⲟⲥ)
‘… to the south up to the end of my boundary (with) these which belong to saint Philotheos.’
(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04131Saint Name
Philotheos, child martyr of Antioch : S00878Saint Name in Source
ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑ(ⲉⲟⲥ)Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
