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, 00:00authored bygschenke
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
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.