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E05976: Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with an acknowledgement of debt or sale for future delivery, mentioning the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable around the year 600.
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posted on 2018-07-18, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.Crum 158
In this fragmentary document the debt of a solidus is acknowledged to a monk and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon (lines 3–4) and to be repaid in seeds. Another monk of the same monastery acts as the scribe of the document (lines 5–6 on the reverse).
[ⲡⲧ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ]
'[the] place/monastery of Apa Phoibammon'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
In this fragmentary document the debt of a solidus is acknowledged to a monk and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon (lines 3–4) and to be repaid in seeds. Another monk of the same monastery acts as the scribe of the document (lines 5–6 on the reverse).
[ⲡⲧ]ⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ]
'[the] place/monastery of Apa Phoibammon'
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E05976Saint Name
Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut : S00080Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲟ[ⲛ]Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd Documentary texts - Sale documentLanguage
- 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 - Places
Cult building - monasticCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Monastery
