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E06817: Coptic document from Aswan (Upper Egypt), concerning the payment of a debt, mentioning as one of the witnesses a presbyter of an institution dedicated to *Papnouthios (unspecified, S00882, possibly Paphnoutios of Thebes, founder of a monastery near Ape, S00881); datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2018-10-10, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Lond.Copt. I 447 = BM 447
In line 28 the witness is mentioned as follows:
+ [ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ….]. ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥ⟨ⲃⲩ⟩ⲧⲉⲣ[ⲟ]ⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ] ϯⲟ ⲙⲛ[ⲧⲣⲉ]
‘[I, name], the presbyter of saint Papnoutios, I am a witness.’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
In line 28 the witness is mentioned as follows:
+ [ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ….]. ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥ⟨ⲃⲩ⟩ⲧⲉⲣ[ⲟ]ⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ] ϯⲟ ⲙⲛ[ⲧⲣⲉ]
‘[I, name], the presbyter of saint Papnoutios, I am a witness.’
(Text W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E06817Saint Name
Paphnoutios (unspecified) : S00882 Paphnoutios of Thebes, founder of a monastery near Ape (?) : S00881Saint Name in Source
ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ] ⲡⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧ[ⲓⲟⲥ]Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Leather fragment Documentary texts - Other private documentLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
600Evidence not after
799Activity not before
600Activity not after
799Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
AswanPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Aswan Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Monastery
Source
The leather document BM Pap. 4 is kept in the British Museum in London and was dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text and comments: Crum, W.E., Catalogue of the Coptic Manuscripts in the British Museum (P.Lond.Copt. I) (London, 1905), 209–211.Usage metrics
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