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E05708: Coptic document from the Theban area (Upper Egypt) mentioning all the *saints (S01151) as well as Apa *Epiphanios (S00093) the anchorite and abbot of the Theban monastery; datable to the 6th/7th century.

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posted on 2018-06-12, 00:00 authored by gschenke
O.CrumST 405

The document seems to be a writing exercise as it contains various phrases, one of them (line 2) being:

ⲛⲛⲁⲕⲁⲡⲏ <ⲛ>ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲡⲛⲟⲩ̣ⲧ̣[ⲉ

‘For the meals dedicated to all the saints of God.’

Another (lines 5–6) reads:

ⲙⲡⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉ[ⲡ]ⲉ̣ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱ[ⲣⲓⲧⲏⲥ

‘… to saint Apa Epiphanios, the anchorite.’


(Text: W. E. Crum, modified; trans.: G. Schenke)

History

Evidence ID

E05708

Saint Name

All Saints : S01151 Epiphanios, monk/abbot of the Theban area : S00093

Saint Name in Source

ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉ[ⲡ]ⲉ̣ⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Other private document

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

699

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Thebes Jeme

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Thebes Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis Jeme Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Activities Accompanying Cult

  • Feasting (eating, drinking, dancing, singing, bathing)

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Monastery

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The fragmentary papyrus document is a palimpsest, the original a Greek document dated to the year 508. The item belongs to a private collection.

Bibliography

Text: Crum, W.E., Short Texts from Coptic Ostraca and Papyri (Oxford, 1921), 106.

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