Three Coptic letters in the Museum Gustavianum

• Authors: Engsheden Åke , Winkler Andreas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, three Coptic ostraca, which all most probably originate in the Theban area, are edited. The texts are all epistolary in nature. It is probable that all three stem from a monastic environment; ostensibly no. 1 relates to the Epiphanius Monastery, while no. 2 comes from the dossier belonging to the Monastery of Phoibammon. The latter piece concerns an argument about the appointment of a shepherd, thus providing another witness to the economic activities of the mentioned institution. No. 3 concerns a delivery of an unnamed commodity kept in sacks.

Keywords

EN

Coptic; ostraca; Late Antiquity; Thebes; Monastery of Phobammon; Monastery of Epiphanius apa Viktor; cattle husbandry

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 47
• Pages: 101 - 115

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Engsheden Åke

• Stockholm University Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies Wallenberglaboratoriet 106 91 Stockholm Sweden

author

Winkler Andreas

• University of Oxford Oriental Institute 11 Pusey Lane Oxford, OX1 2LE, Oxon United Kingdom

Identifiers

ISSN

0075–4277