E04139: Coptic ostracon from Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) with a letter asking for prayers and announcing the shipment of vegetables as a donation to Apa *Jeremias (S00773); datable to the 7th/8th century.
online resource
posted on 2017-10-12, 00:00 authored by gschenkeKOW 281
+ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲛ[ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛ-?]
ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉ̣[ⲧⲧ(ⲁⲓⲏⲩ)?]
ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧ[ⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ-]
ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲣⲡⲁⲙⲉⲉ[ⲩⲉ]
ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁ[ⲃ]
ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲧⲉ
ⲁⲓⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ-
ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲁⲥⲡⲁ-
ⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ
ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ
‘I worship at [the feet of?] your esteemed paternity. I am asking your fatherhood to make you remember me in your holy prayers.
Behold, I have sent your paternity some vegetables and I am greeting the saint Apa Jeremias. I am entreating him to pray for me.’
(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
+ ϯⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲉⲛ[ⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛ-?]
ⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉ̣[ⲧⲧ(ⲁⲓⲏⲩ)?]
ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲛⲧ[ⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ-]
ⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲣⲡⲁⲙⲉⲉ[ⲩⲉ]
ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁ[ⲃ]
ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲓⲕⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲧⲉ
ⲁⲓⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲕ-
ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲁⲥⲡⲁ-
ⲍⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥ
ⲁⲩⲱ ϯⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ
‘I worship at [the feet of?] your esteemed paternity. I am asking your fatherhood to make you remember me in your holy prayers.
Behold, I have sent your paternity some vegetables and I am greeting the saint Apa Jeremias. I am entreating him to pray for me.’
(Text: W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04139Saint Name
Jeremias, Enoch, and Sibylla : S00773Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲣⲉⲙⲓⲁⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
