E04267: Coptic document from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) with a letter addressing issues concerning the monastery at the ‘place’ of Apa *Bane (S01696); datable to the first half of the 7th century.

P.Ryl.Copt. 320<br><br>The beginning of this long letter mainly concerning tax payments begins as follows:<br><br>⳨ ⲕⲩⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲥⲁϩ ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲏ ϫⲉ ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ ⲁⲓⲁⲛⲁⲕⲁⲍⲉ ⲛⲑⲉⲛⲉⲉⲧⲉ <br>ⲛⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲁⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲕⲱⲙⲏⲕⲁⲑⲏⲕⲏⲥ <br><br>‘It is Kyrakos who writes to the scribe Dionyse. Before anything I greet you. I went and constrained the monastery at the place of Apa Bane with respect to the village official (?) …’<br><br><br>(Text: W. E. Crum, trans.: G. Schenke)<br>