E04264: Coptic receipt from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) issued by a cucumber seller to the master fruit seller of Hermopolis for cucumbers from an institution dedicated to *Phoibammon, most likely a monastery; datable to the first half of the 8th century.

P.Ryl.Copt. 215<br><br>The main part of the document reads as follows:<br><br>+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲡⲁⲙⲱⲛ, ⲡⲥⲁⲣⲃⲟⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙ ϩⲁⲛⲉⲡⲓⲟⲟⲣ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲯⲁϩ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲡⲕⲁⲣⲡⲱⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲡⲗⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ⲛⲧⲡⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲃⲟⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲉ ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧ̣ⲧⲛ ⲟⲩϭⲟⲥ <br><br>‘I, Apamon (or Apa Amon), the cucumber merchant, the inhabitant of Hanepioor, I am writing to the master Phoibammon, the fruit seller, the inhabitant of Hermopolis. I have received and have been paid by you for half the cucumbers from saint Phoibammon, which are one and a half solidi …’<br><br><br>(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)<br>