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E06815: Coptic guarantee document from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), issued to the dikaion of a monastery dedicated to *John the Baptist (S00020), mentioning also a confraternity of the same saint; datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2018-10-10, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Lond.Copt. I 1046 = BM 1046
The monastery of saint John is addressed in line 1–2 as follows:
ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡ[ⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ?
‘… I am writing to he dikaion of the place of saint John in the [Peripatos?]’
The confraternity of the same saint is mentioned in line 7 as follows:
ⲡⲟⲓⲕ]ⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ
‘… [the] oikonomos of the confraternity of saint John in the Peripatos.’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
The monastery of saint John is addressed in line 1–2 as follows:
ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡ[ⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ?
‘… I am writing to he dikaion of the place of saint John in the [Peripatos?]’
The confraternity of the same saint is mentioned in line 7 as follows:
ⲡⲟⲓⲕ]ⲟⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ
‘… [the] oikonomos of the confraternity of saint John in the Peripatos.’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E06815Saint Name
John the Baptist : S00020Saint Name in Source
ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Other private documentLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
700Evidence not after
799Activity not before
700Activity not after
799Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
HermopolisPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - monasticCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Monastery
