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E05970: Coptic ostracon from the area of Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) with an invocation to Apa *Pesynthios (probably Pisenthios, ascetic and bishop of Koptos, ob. 632, S00057); datable to the 7th century.

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posted on 2018-07-18, 00:00 authored by Bryan
O.Crum 25

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲥⲩ̣ⲛⲑⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ(ⲟⲡⲟⲥ) ⲛⲧⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲥⲱⲙⲁ

‘Apa Pesynthios, bishop for our souls and our bodies!’


(Text and trans. W. E. Crum)

History

Evidence ID

E05970

Saint Name

Pisenthios/Pesenthios, bishop of Koptos, ob. 632 : S00057

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲥⲩ̣ⲛⲑⲓⲟⲥ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Liturgical texts - Invocations, prayers and spells Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

699

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Hermonthis

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Hermonthis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

This ostracon is kept at the Cairo Museum, inv. 8135.

Discussion

Bishop Pisenthios of Koptos is said to have taken refuge at monasteries on the mountain of Jeme during part of the Persian occupation (619–629).

Bibliography

Text and translation: Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund, the Cairo Museum and Others (London, 1902), 7 and 8.

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