E05969: Coptic document from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) relating the details of a contract to train and work with a camel for one year, from the feast of *Papnouthios (possibly the founder of a local monastery, S00881) to the same feast the following year; datable around the year 600.
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posted on 2018-07-18, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.Crum 221<br><br>The Theban document acknowledges the arrangement of a man named Joseph to work with the camel of the presbyter Apa Viktor for the duration of one year, starting from the feast of Apa Papnoute (Papnouthios) to the next.<br><br>Lines 7–12 read as follows:<br><br> ⲛⲧⲁⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ϫⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲁ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ̣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ <br><br>“… and I will work with it from day one of (the feast of) Apa Papnoute until the first day of (the feast of) Apa Papnoute the following year.”<br><br><br>(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E05969Saint Name
Paphnoutios of Thebes, founder of a monastery near Ape (?) : S00881Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
580Evidence not after
620Activity not before
580Activity not after
620Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Deir el-BahariPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Deir el-Bahari Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast
