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E02351: Greek receipt for rent, from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), concerning a property owned by a monastery or church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), datable to the second half of the 6th century.

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posted on 2017-02-10, 00:00 authored by gschenke
BGU 19 2795

In this document a steward named Paul acknowledges receipt of a certain amount of money from a property belonging to an institution dedicated to Kyriakos.

Line 2 reads as follows:

ἐδεξάμην παρά σου ἀπὸ τοῦ φόρου τοῦ ἁγίου Κυριακοῦ

'… I have received from you from the rent of saint Kyriakos …'


(Text and German trans.: H. Maehler. Engl. trans.: G. Schenke)

A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;19;2795

History

Evidence ID

E02351

Saint Name

Kyrikos, 3rd c. child martyr in Tarsus, son of *Julitta : S00007

Saint Name in Source

Κυριακός

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

Language

  • Greek

Evidence not before

550

Evidence not after

599

Activity not before

550

Activity not after

599

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Hermopolis

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

Hermopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

This fragmentary papyrus document, P. 21841, from Hermopolis, is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.

Bibliography

Text and translation: Maehler, H., et al. Urkunden aus Hermupolis (Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen (later Staatlichen) Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden XIX; Munich, 2005), 86.

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