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E04134: Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning *Kyriakos (Kyrikos/Cyricus, child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (presumably Ananias, bishop in the Theban area, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2017-10-10, 00:00 authored by gschenke
KOW 300

The document is very fragmentary, but in lines 1–4 two saints appear:

ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟ[ⲥ] ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ
...
ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲛⲓⲁⲥ


‘… saint Kyriakos … saint Ananias.’


(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)

History

Evidence ID

E04134

Saint Name

Kyrikos/Cyricus, child martyr of Tarsus (son of *Ioulitta/Julitta) : S00007 Ananias, bishop in the Theban area : S01224

Saint Name in Source

ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲁⲛⲟ̣ⲛⲓⲁⲥ

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Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Letter 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

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The potsherds KO 298 and 312 are 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), 74–75.

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Categories

Keywords

S00007S01224History

Licence

CC0

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