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E00207: Greek petition from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) of the year 547, including the signature of a presbyter of (the church of) *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073).
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posted on 2014-11-18, 00:00 authored by BryanP.Cair.Masp. 3.67283
A petition of the year 547 (before Nov. 10), from the inhabitants of Aphrodito to the empress Theodora concerning intrigues of the pagarch of Antaiopolis, written most likely by Dioskoros of Aphrodito and signed by many renowned people of the area, among them in line 7 of page 2:
☧ Βίκτωρ πρησβ(ύτερος) [ἐ]λ̣εεινὸς τοῦ ἁ[γ]ίου ἄπα Μηνᾶ μάρτυρος κώμης Ἀφροδίτης
'Viktor, the wretched presbyter of the holy Apa Mena the martyr of the village of Aphrodito'
Full text available under: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;3;67283
Translation: Gesa Schenke
A petition of the year 547 (before Nov. 10), from the inhabitants of Aphrodito to the empress Theodora concerning intrigues of the pagarch of Antaiopolis, written most likely by Dioskoros of Aphrodito and signed by many renowned people of the area, among them in line 7 of page 2:
☧ Βίκτωρ πρησβ(ύτερος) [ἐ]λ̣εεινὸς τοῦ ἁ[γ]ίου ἄπα Μηνᾶ μάρτυρος κώμης Ἀφροδίτης
'Viktor, the wretched presbyter of the holy Apa Mena the martyr of the village of Aphrodito'
Full text available under: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;3;67283
Translation: Gesa Schenke
History
Evidence ID
E00207Saint Name
Menas, soldier and martyr Abu Mena : S00073Saint Name in Source
ἄπα ΜηνᾶςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - PapyriLanguage
- Greek