E06308: Coptic document from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) mentioning a donation of landed property made to the monastery of Apa *Pesynthios (probably Pisenthios, ascetic and bishop of Koptos, ob. 632, S00057); datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2018-09-08, 00:00authored byBryan
O.Brit.Mus.Copt. 66/2 = BMHall 66/2
The fragmentary document addresses the presbyter and oikonomos of the monastery of Apa Pesynthios and recounts the donation made by the late father of the woman producing this document, stating that the entire property which her father had inherited from his parents was donated for the salvation of his soul and that of his deceased son.
(Summary: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E06308
Saint Name
Pisenthios/Pesenthios, bishop of Koptos, ob. 632 : S00057
Documentary texts - Donation document
Late antique original manuscripts - Ostracon/Pot-sherd
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
700
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
700
Activity not after
799
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Thebes
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Thebes
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - monastic
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The ostracon 5858 is kept at the British Museum in London.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Hall, H.R., Coptic and Greek Texts of the Christian Period from Ostraka, Stelae, etc. in the British Museum, vol. 1 (London, 1905). (= O.Brit.Mus.Copt.).
Till, W.C., Die Koptischen Rechtsurkunden aus Theben (Vienna, 1964), 79.