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E04324: Coptic fiscal document from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) mentioning a district of *Enoch (probably the Old Testament patriarch, S00762); datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2017-11-06, 00:00 authored by dlambert
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In line 23 of the document listing names of taxpayers, the following heading occurs:

μερ(ί)δ(ος) τοῦ ἁγίου Ενωχ

‘Of the district of saint Enoch:’

It might be a coincidence that among the twenty men listed in that category three are called Enoch (lines 26, 27, and 31), like their district saint. Another Enoch (line 37) occurs among the group of men assenting to this tax register and its payments.


(Text: W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)

History

Evidence ID

E04324

Saint Name

Enoch, the seventh Patriarch of the Book of Genesis : S00762

Saint Name in Source

Ἐνώχ

Type of Evidence

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

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

799

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

799

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

  • Towns, villages, districts and fortresses

Source

The papyrus document Or. 6230 (66) is kept at the British Library in London.

Discussion

For other documents testifying to districts, or institutions, of Aphrodito named after saints Viktor, Philotheos or Enoch: E04310, E04314 and E04326. Enoch could be the Old Testament patriarch; but, outside the Holy Land, Old Testament figures were rarely the subject of church dedications in our period; so he may have been a local martyr or holy man.

Bibliography

Text: Bell, H.I., and Crum, W.E., Greek Papyri in the British Museum. London IV: The Aphrodito Papyri (London, 1910).

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