E04132: Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to saint Pesamou (possibly Besamon, soldier martyr in Egypt, son of the general Basilides, S00938); datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-10, 00:00authored bygschenke
KOW 103
In this document concerning a money or tax payment, a priest of saint Pesamou at castron Jeme is mentioned.
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
Jeme
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The potsherd KO 189 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), 28.