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Place Elephantine Island, Aswan, Aswān, Egypt, Africa Level [32] Fonds

1. Or 5655

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5655
Title:
Deed of mediation (P.Lond.Copt. 446, TM 47751)
Scope & Content:
The text is of legal nature, a deed of mediation. The issuer might be a person named Cyros. It is fragmentary, therefore, the contents are vague. Patermoute`s (=Patermouthis) mother is mentioned, and “your wife, Tapia”, then a recurring word seems to be “imprisonment/imprisoning someone”. The tex...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
5th century-6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet in two fragments which belong together, the smaller one precedes the larger one. Recto is written against the fibres in Coptic, in 8 (smaller fragment) and 11 lines (larger fragment); there is an endorsement in 1 line on verso along the fibres.

2. Or 6809

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6809
Title:
Letter listing products and services (TM 47750)
Scope & Content:
The text is possibly a letter, addressing the receiver in the second person singular and also mentioning “your wife”, “your sons”, although no letter formulae remain in the extant text. Writer gives a long list of products, mostly with amounts, and services he provided, in many cases “without a f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
6th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet with a Coptic text on both sides. The text starts on verso against the fibres and continues on recto along the fibres. There are 19 lines on verso and 4 lines on recto. The beginning of the text is missing.

3. Or 6943 (1)-(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6943 (1)-(12)
Title:
Miscellaneous Documents (Or 6943 (1)-(12), TM 47746, TM 47741 (2-5), TM 47748 (6-10), TM 47747 (11), TM 47743 (12))
Scope & Content:
Fragment 1 (Or 6943 (1), Crum ST 96, SB Kopt.3 1395 TM 47746): a settlement of debt (release). The issuer of the text and creditor of the money is Paeion, the person paying back the debt is Kako, Patermoute`s (Patermouthis) wife. In the present text Paeion acknowledges to have received the full ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Fragment 1: Two fragments of a papyrus sheet which preserves the complete text of 8 lines written against the fibres. The smaller fragment follows the larger fragment, it is immediately below it. Fragments 2-5: the four fragments belonged to one and the same document, which is incomplete. 9 incomplete lines are preserved, written along the fibers. Fragment 11: Fragment of a papyrus sheet of light colour, with damaged surface, incomplete. Fragment 12: Fragment of a papyrus sheet, broken off at the top and sides, its surface damaged.

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