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E05700: Coptic Ostracon from the area of Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) offering a list of various metal objects signed by the deacon of a church dedicated to *George (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00259); datable to the 7th century.
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posted on 2018-06-12, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.CrumVC 127
The text is very fragmentary, but the signature of the deacon who drew up this list reads as follows (lines 7–9):
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲱⲗⲑⲉ [ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟ]ⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲟⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ]ⲧⲓⲅⲛⲟⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
‘I Kolthe, [the deacon] of saint George, I have written] this list with my own hand.’
(Text and translation: W. E. Crum, lightly modified)
The text is very fragmentary, but the signature of the deacon who drew up this list reads as follows (lines 7–9):
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲕⲱⲗⲑⲉ [ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟ]ⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲅⲉⲟⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛ]ⲧⲓⲅⲛⲟⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲓϫ
‘I Kolthe, [the deacon] of saint George, I have written] this list with my own hand.’
(Text and translation: W. E. Crum, lightly modified)
History
Evidence ID
E05700Saint Name
George, soldier and martyr : S00259Saint Name in Source
ⲅⲉⲟⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
600Evidence not after
699Activity not before
600Activity not after
699Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
HermonthisPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermonthis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Church
