E04366: Coptic document from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning the sale of property mentioning a presbyter of an establishment dedicated to Apa *Mena (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) among the witnesses; datable to the middle of the 8th century, either 730 or 745.
CLT 9:<br><br>One of the witnesses signing this document is a presbyter of an establishment dedicated to Apa Mena, line 32-34 of the document reads as follows: <br><br>+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ] ⲡⲉⲥⲩⲛⲑⲓⲟⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ <br>ⲡⲉ]ⲡⲣⲓⲥⲃⲉⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲏⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡ[ <br>ϯⲟ ⲙ] ⲙⲉⲛⲧⲣⲉ ⳨<br><br>'I,] Pesynthios, the son of the blessed Papnoute, [the] priest of saint Apa Mena and Apa P[… I act as] witness.'<br><br><br>(Text and trans.: A. A. Schiller, slightly modified)
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Sale document
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
730
Evidence not after
745
Activity not before
730
Activity not after
745
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Jeme
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Schiller, A.A., Ten Coptic Legal Texts (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1932). = CLT
Till, W.C., Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna: H. Böhlaus, 1964) 39–40. = KRT