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E06816: Coptic rent agreement from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a monastery dedicated to *John the Baptist (S00020) and a confraternity presumably 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 1023 = BM 1023
The fragmentary document mentions the institution and the confraternity in line 2–3 as follows:
ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟ]ⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ . . . . ⲡ]ⲇⲓⲁⲇⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲥⲉⲉⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛ[ⲟⲥ]
‘… of saint] John in the Peripatos, represented through Apa …, the diadochos, and the rest of the confraternity …’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
The fragmentary document mentions the institution and the confraternity in line 2–3 as follows:
ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟ]ⲥ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲣⲓⲡⲟⲧⲏⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ . . . . ⲡ]ⲇⲓⲁⲇⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲥⲉⲉⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛ[ⲟⲥ]
‘… of saint] John in the Peripatos, represented through Apa …, the diadochos, and the rest of the confraternity …’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E06816Saint Name
John the Baptist : S00020Saint Name in Source
ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Lease or rental 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
