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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
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.
Lines 7–12 read as follows:
ⲛⲧⲁⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ϫⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲁ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ̣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ
“… 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.”
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
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.
Lines 7–12 read as follows:
ⲛⲧⲁⲣϩⲱⲃ ⲇⲉ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ϫⲓⲛ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲁ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲁ̣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ
“… 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.”
(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
