Abbreviations
| Ant. |
Evagrius of Pontus, Antirrhetikos |
| BIFAO |
Bulletin de l’institut français d’archéologie orientale |
| BJ |
Flavius Josephus, Bellum Judaicum (History of the Jewish War) |
| BL |
Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten |
| Bo |
Bohairic Life of Pachomius |
| Conf. |
John Cassian, Conferences (of the Desert Fathers) |
| Conlat. |
John Cassian, Collationes Patrum = Conferences (of the Desert Fathers) |
| CSCO |
Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium |
| Diod.Sic. |
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica |
| Ep. Am. |
Letter of Ammon (ed. Goehring, The letter of Ammon) |
| Ep. Ant. |
Letters of Antony (ed. Rubenson, The Letters of St. Antony) |
| G1, G2, etc. |
First Greek Life of Pachomius, Second Greek Life of Pachomius, etc |
| G1, G2 etc. |
P.Nag Hamm. Greek 1, Greek 2 etc. |
| Hist. Laus. |
Palladius of Galatia, Historia Lausiaca |
| Hom. Col. |
John Chrysostom, Homilies on Colossians |
| Instr. |
Instructions |
| NHC |
Nag Hammadi Codex/Codices |
| NPNF |
Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers |
| Oros. |
Paulus Orosius—Historiarum Adversum Paganos |
| Paral. |
Pachomius—Paralipomena (ed. Veilleux, Pachomian Koinonia 1) |
| Pr. |
Pachomian Praecepta |
| SBo |
Recension of the Sahidic Life of Pachomius represented by SBo, S4, S5, S6, S7, etc. (ed. Veilleux, Pachomian Koinonia, 1) |
| Timm |
S. Timm, Das christlich-koptische Ägypten in arabischer Zeit, Bände I–IV |
| Vit. Ant. |
Life of Antony |
| Vita boh. |
Bohairic Life of Shenoute |
Figure 1
Map of Roman Egypt
from Bagnall, Roman Egypt © Cambridge University Press. Reproduced with permission of The Licensor through PLSclear