E04408: Coptic letter from Kellis (Dakhleh Oasis) mentioning a kingdom of the saints (unnamed); datable to the 4th century.
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posted on 2017-11-27, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.KellisCopt. 34
As one of the private Manichean letters from Kellis, this fragmentary papyrus document makes a mention to the kingdom of the saints in line 14.
Lines 13–15 read as follows:
ⲧⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲧⲉⲥ ⲁⲧⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲛ ⲟ̣[ⲩ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⲧⲙ]ⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃⲉ ϣⲁ ⲁ̣ⲛⲏϩⲉ·
‘…] the service of God, which was laid out in your hands by […] the kingdom of the saints forever.’
(Text and trans.: I. Gardner, A. Alcock and W.-P. Funk)
As one of the private Manichean letters from Kellis, this fragmentary papyrus document makes a mention to the kingdom of the saints in line 14.
Lines 13–15 read as follows:
ⲧⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲩⲧⲉⲥ ⲁⲧⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲛ ⲟ̣[ⲩ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ⲧⲙ]ⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲃⲉ ϣⲁ ⲁ̣ⲛⲏϩⲉ·
‘…] the service of God, which was laid out in your hands by […] the kingdom of the saints forever.’
(Text and trans.: I. Gardner, A. Alcock and W.-P. Funk)
History
Evidence ID
E04408Saint Name
Unnamed saints (or name lost) : S00518 All Saints : S01151Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - LetterLanguage
- Coptic
