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Artefact ID1211
TM IDTM 107784
Findspot (DEChriM ID)-   ()
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentLiterary
LanguageCoptic
Description

Single leaf with text on recto only (written along fibres) in Coptic (S) containing a report of proceedings before the praeses Thebaidos Satrius Arrianus, governor of the Thebaid, in Kleopatris, Egypt. Stephanos, a Christian priest from Lenaeis in the Antinoites (Antinoite Nome) is brought forward by the jailor Hierax and subsequently interrogated by the praeses. Stephanos is condemned to death by burning. The proceedings are dated to Khoiakh (Nov. 27-Dec. 26), 305 A.D 

Selection criteriaLiterary genre (Hagiographic), Coptic language
Date from350
Date to400
Dating criteria

Palaeography (debated, however, by Lucchesi 2010)

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context-
Accession number

Durham (NC), Duke University, P.Duke inv. 438

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• van Minnen, Peter. 1995. "The Earliest Account of a Martyrdom in Coptic." Analecta Bollandiana 113: 13-38.

Additional bibliography

• Lucchesi, Enzo. 2010. "Le Martyre de Stéphanos de Lénaios et les péripéties d’un papyrus." Analecta Bollandiana 128 (1): 66.

Authors
Matthias Müller, 2021
Suggested citation
Matthias Müller, 2021, "Artefact ID 1211", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1211
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