University of Oxford
Browse

E04226: Coptic ostracon from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt) mentioning Apa *Germane (S01697); datable to the 7th/8th century.

online resource
posted on 2017-10-30, 00:00 authored by gschenke
O.Sarga 85

The saint invoked here seems to be a monastic authority/holy man.

ⲡ]ϩ̣ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ
ⲁ]ⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲣⲙ<ⲁⲛⲉ>
ϥ]ⲑ

'Saint Apa Germane. Amen.'


Compare a similar document from Wadi Sarga with Apa Germane addressed as a monastic/spiritual father:

P.Sarga 84

ⲡⲉⲛⲓⲱⲧ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛⲉ

'Our father Apa Germane.'


(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)

History

Evidence ID

E04226

Saint Name

Germane, Apa Germane, monastic authority : S01697

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲉⲣⲙⲁⲛⲉ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd Liturgical texts - Invocations, prayers and spells

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

Wadi Sarga

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Wadi Sarga Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The ostracon was found at Wadi Sarga and is now housed in the British Museum in London.

Bibliography

Text and translation: Bell, H.I., and Crum, W.E., Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations Undertaken by the Byzantine Research Account (Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel-Nordisk Forlag, 1922), 84.

Usage metrics

    Evidence - The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

    Categories

    Keywords

    S01697History

    Licence

    CC0

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC