E05706: Coptic letter from Jeme (Upper Egypt) concerning a donation made to *Michael the Archangel (S00181); datable to the 7th century.
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posted on 2018-06-12, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.CrumST 177
The document is addressed to a bishop whose name is lost, but who was presumably in charge of the shrine dedicated to the Archangel Michael. It is written by two men, Georgios and Enoch, who report on the details of the donation made by a craftsman named Souai on his deathbed. A list of the items donated to the shrine seems to have once been attached to the letter.
Lines 2–4 of the document read as follows:
ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲫⲱⲃ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲫⲁⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲉ[ⲇⲱⲣⲉⲁ ⲉ]ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ [ⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲧ]ⲁϥⲥⲙⲛⲧⲥ ⲉϥⲥⲏⲕ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ
‘Concerning the matter of Souai, the craftsman, with respect to the [donation] to saint Michael the Archangel [which] he made as he was approaching death.’
(Text: W. E. Crum/W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
The document is addressed to a bishop whose name is lost, but who was presumably in charge of the shrine dedicated to the Archangel Michael. It is written by two men, Georgios and Enoch, who report on the details of the donation made by a craftsman named Souai on his deathbed. A list of the items donated to the shrine seems to have once been attached to the letter.
Lines 2–4 of the document read as follows:
ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲫⲱⲃ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲁⲓ ⲫⲁⲙ ⲡⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲉ[ⲇⲱⲣⲉⲁ ⲉ]ϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ [ⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲧ]ⲁϥⲥⲙⲛⲧⲥ ⲉϥⲥⲏⲕ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲩ
‘Concerning the matter of Souai, the craftsman, with respect to the [donation] to saint Michael the Archangel [which] he made as he was approaching death.’
(Text: W. E. Crum/W. C. Till; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E05706Saint Name
Michael, the Archangel : S00181Saint Name in Source
ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - LetterLanguage
- Coptic
