E04199: Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a loan agreement, mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to Apa *Kyri(a)kos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) as the scribe of the document and its sole witness; datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2017-10-22, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.Medin.Habu Copt. 56
A man named Palou is issuing a receipt for a loan of 2000 copper coins (ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ) from a man named Daniel. The priest Abraham of (the church of) Kyriakos is a witness to the transaction and the scribe of the document.
Lines 7–10 of the document read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ <ⲡ>ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ <ⲙ>ⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲓⲥⲱϩ ⲧⲉⲓⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲱ
'I, Abraham, the priest of (the church of) Apa Kyrikos, he (i.e. Palou) asked me and I gathered (i.e. picked up to write on) this potsherd with my own hand. I am a witness.'
(Text and trans.: E. Stefanski and M. Lichtheim, modified)
A man named Palou is issuing a receipt for a loan of 2000 copper coins (ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ) from a man named Daniel. The priest Abraham of (the church of) Kyriakos is a witness to the transaction and the scribe of the document.
Lines 7–10 of the document read as follows:
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ <ⲡ>ⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃ(ⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ <ⲙ>ⲙⲟⲓ ⲁⲓⲥⲱϩ ⲧⲉⲓⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲱ
'I, Abraham, the priest of (the church of) Apa Kyrikos, he (i.e. Palou) asked me and I gathered (i.e. picked up to write on) this potsherd with my own hand. I am a witness.'
(Text and trans.: E. Stefanski and M. Lichtheim, modified)
History
Evidence ID
E04199Saint Name
Kyrikos/Cyricus, child martyr of Tarsus (son of *Ioulitta/Julitta) : S00007Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
