E05985: Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with a document addressed to Apa Biktor of the monastery of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the beginning of the 7th century.
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posted on 2018-07-18, 00:00authored bygschenke
O.Crum 308
This fragmentary document concerning land and mentioning a wine jar is written by a group of people and addressed to Apa Biktor of the monastery of Apa Phoibammon.
Lines 6–8 read as follows:
ⲉⲧⲥϩ[ⲁⲓ] ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧ[ⲱⲣ] ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ
'… who are writing to you, Apa Biktor of Apa Phoibammon.'
This ostracon is kept at the British Museum in London, inv. 33018.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Crum, W.E., Coptic Ostraca from the Collections of the Egypt Exploration Fund (London, 1902), pp. 23 and 55–56. = O.Crum
German translation:
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 62.