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E02463: Coptic agreement on sharing inherited property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a neighbourhood of Apa *Ananias, the bishop (S01224), dated 29 June 748 or 763.
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In this document two half-sisters agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their common grandmother. The property in question is located in Jeme, in the area of saint Ananias.
Lines 65–68 read as follows:
ⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲛϩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲩⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲧⲣⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ <ⲁ>ⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ(ⲟⲡⲟⲥ)
'The entire house and that yard are located in the castron Jeme, in the neighbourhood of the one who shines forth from among the saints, the saint Apa Ananias, the bishop.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
In this document two half-sisters agree over the terms on how to share a house they jointly inherited from their common grandmother. The property in question is located in Jeme, in the area of saint Ananias.
Lines 65–68 read as follows:
ⲡⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲛϩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲩⲕⲏ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ ⲛϫⲏⲙⲉ ϩⲓ ⲧⲣⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ <ⲁ>ⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕ(ⲟⲡⲟⲥ)
'The entire house and that yard are located in the castron Jeme, in the neighbourhood of the one who shines forth from among the saints, the saint Apa Ananias, the bishop.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E02463Saint Name
Ananias, bishop in the Theban area : S01224Saint Name in Source
ⲁⲡⲁ <ⲁ>ⲛⲁⲛⲓⲁⲥRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheetLanguage
- Coptic
Evidence not before
748Evidence not after
763Activity not before
748Activity not after
763Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
JemePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Jeme Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Towns, villages, districts and fortresses
