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E02221: Greek fiscal codex from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a place named after Apa *Herrmauos (S01188), dated to the year 716–717 AD.

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posted on 2017-01-05, 00:00 authored by gschenke
P.Lond 4 1419

Folio 10, line 338 reads as follows:

μέρ(ους) τόπου Ἀββ(ᾶ) Ἑρμαuῶτ(ος) ἐπι(  ) νο(μίσματα) γ [ -ca.?- ]

'share of the topos of Abba Hermauos epi(…) 3 solidi […]'


Text: H.I. Bell. Translation: G. Schenke.

A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.lond;4;1419

History

Evidence ID

E02221

Saint Name

Herrmauos, Apa : S01188

Saint Name in Source

Ἀββ(ᾶ) Ἑρμαuῶ(ς)

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Fiscal document Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex

Language

  • Greek

Evidence not before

716

Evidence not after

717

Activity not before

716

Activity not after

717

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Aphrodito

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Aphrodito Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Monastery

Source

The papyrus codex listing taxpayers belongs in part to the British Library in London,Pap 1442, and in part to the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, P. 25006.

Discussion

The same saint is mentioned in E02219, E02220, and E02222.

Bibliography

Edition: Bell, H.I., The Aphrodito Papyri, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV (London, 1910). Mention: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 81–82.

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