E05982: Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a document concerning payments mentioning the feast of *Kyriakos/Karakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007); datable to the 7th century.
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posted on 2018-07-18, 00:00 authored by gschenkeO.Crum 238<br><br>The document is very fragmentary, but seems to concern payments to be made at or for the feast of saint Kyriakos/Karakos. <br><br>Line 6 reads as follows:<br><br>] ⲛⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥ<br><br>‘… at/for the feast of Karakos.’<br><br><br>(Text: W. E. Crum; trans.: G. Schenke)<br><br>
History
Evidence ID
E05982Saint Name
Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus : S00007Saint Name in Source
ⲕⲁⲣⲁⲕⲟⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherdLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
600Evidence not after
699Activity not before
600Activity not after
699Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
JemePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast
