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E04023: Coptic agreement from Jeme (Upper Egypt) settling a dispute over inheritance, listing a deacon of a church dedicated to the *Apostles (S00084) as the scribe for one of the witnesses mentioned; dated 4 June 724.
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posted on 2017-09-14, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.KRU 36:
In this document from Jeme, a dispute over inheritance is settled and signed by many witnesses. One of the witnesses mentioned uses a scribe who is a deacon of an institution dedicated to the Apostles.
Lines 76–78 read as follows:
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲁⲙⲱⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ϯⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ[ⲧⲣⲉ] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲥ) ⲛⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ
ϩⲁⲣ[ⲟϥ] ϫⲉ [ⲛϥ]ⲛⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ +
'I, Amos, the son of the blessed Petros, I act as a witness. I, Pshere, the least deacon of the Apostles, I have written for him, since he cannot write.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
In this document from Jeme, a dispute over inheritance is settled and signed by many witnesses. One of the witnesses mentioned uses a scribe who is a deacon of an institution dedicated to the Apostles.
Lines 76–78 read as follows:
+ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϩⲁⲙⲱⲥ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ϯⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ[ⲧⲣⲉ] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕ(ⲟⲛⲟⲥ) ⲛⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ
ϩⲁⲣ[ⲟϥ] ϫⲉ [ⲛϥ]ⲛⲟⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ +
'I, Amos, the son of the blessed Petros, I act as a witness. I, Pshere, the least deacon of the Apostles, I have written for him, since he cannot write.'
(Text: W. E. Crum and G. Steindorff, German trans. W. C. Till, Engl. trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04023Saint Name
Apostles (unspecified) : S00084Saint Name in Source
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Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Other private documentLanguage
- Coptic