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E00160: Greek private letter, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt) concerned with greetings and the transport of goods, providing a list of five saints to be invoked on the sender’s behalf: *John (presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and *Ioulianos (probably the martyr of Cilicia, S00305), datable to the 4th/5th c.
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posted on 2014-11-08, 00:00 authored by BryanP.Oxy. 56.3862 i
The document is a letter from Philoxenos to his parents and uncle, from Oxyrhynchos, 4th/5th century, in which the sender of the letter asks the addressees to pray to various saints.
lines 25–28: εὔξεστε(*) περὶ μ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ ἁ̣γ̣ί̣ο̣υ̣ Ἰ(*)ωάννου καὶ τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Π̣έτ̣ρ̣ου καὶ τοῦ ἁγίο̣υ̣ Ἰ(*)ου̣λ̣ι̣α̣νοῦ
'Pray (for me? through?) Saint John and Saint Euphemia and Saint Menas and Saint Peter and Saint Julianus.'
A full record of the text with images is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;56;3862
Text and translation: M. G. Sirivianou.
The document is a letter from Philoxenos to his parents and uncle, from Oxyrhynchos, 4th/5th century, in which the sender of the letter asks the addressees to pray to various saints.
lines 25–28: εὔξεστε(*) περὶ μ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ ἁ̣γ̣ί̣ο̣υ̣ Ἰ(*)ωάννου καὶ τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Π̣έτ̣ρ̣ου καὶ τοῦ ἁγίο̣υ̣ Ἰ(*)ου̣λ̣ι̣α̣νοῦ
'Pray (for me? through?) Saint John and Saint Euphemia and Saint Menas and Saint Peter and Saint Julianus.'
A full record of the text with images is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;56;3862
Text and translation: M. G. Sirivianou.
History
Evidence ID
E00160Saint Name
Menas, soldier and martyr Abu Mena : S00073 Euphemia, martyr in Chalcedon, ob. 303 : S00017 Peter the Apostle : S00036 Julian, martyr in Cilicia, ob. c. 303-311 : S00305 John the Baptist : S00020 John, Apostle and Evangelist : S00042Saint Name in Source
Μηνᾶς Εύφημία Πέτρος ἸουλιανὸςRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Peter_the_Apostle/13729195
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/John_the_Baptist/13729156
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Euphemia_martyr_of_Chalcedon/13729147
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena/13729309
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Ioulianos_martyr_of_Cilicia/13729957
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/John_the_Apostle_and_Evangelist/13729210
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - LetterLanguage
- Greek