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E00736: Greek Letter of unknown Egyptian provenance, mentioning a man responsible for the martyr shrine of Apa *Phoibammon (probably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), claiming that the two arouras of land for the use of cultivation which belong to the shrine are not sufficient, leaving the man in charge in financial difficulties, and asking an archimandrite to intervene in the matter; datable to the 5th–6th c.
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posted on 2015-09-23, 00:00 authored by gschenkeP.Köln 2 112 = SB 12 10965:
A presbyter named Phoibammon is writing to the superior of a monastery on behalf of a man named Petros who is responsible for the martyr shrine of Apa Phoibammon, and is being sent to the addressee of the letter in person to deliver this message.
P.Köln 2 112, lines 1–4:
Πέτρος ὁ προσφέρων τῇ σῇ ὁσιότητι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα .[ ]
τυγχάνων τοῦ ἁγίου μαρτυρίου ἄπα Φοιβάμμωνος δέεται τῶν ἀ̣[ναγκαίων].
[ο]ὐ̣ γὰρ ἀπαρκεῖ ἡ πρόσοδος τῶν δύο ἀρουρῶν τοῦ μαρτυρίου πρὸς τους[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
ν[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣· ε
“Petros, who is bringing your holiness this letter of mine and who is […] of the holy martyr shrine of Apa Phoibammon, is in need, since the proceeds of the two arouras of the martyr shrine (martyrion) are not sufficient for … […]”
(Engl. trans. Gesa Schenke)
A Full text with images is available online at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.koeln;2;112
A presbyter named Phoibammon is writing to the superior of a monastery on behalf of a man named Petros who is responsible for the martyr shrine of Apa Phoibammon, and is being sent to the addressee of the letter in person to deliver this message.
P.Köln 2 112, lines 1–4:
Πέτρος ὁ προσφέρων τῇ σῇ ὁσιότητι ταῦτά μου τὰ γράμματα .[ ]
τυγχάνων τοῦ ἁγίου μαρτυρίου ἄπα Φοιβάμμωνος δέεται τῶν ἀ̣[ναγκαίων].
[ο]ὐ̣ γὰρ ἀπαρκεῖ ἡ πρόσοδος τῶν δύο ἀρουρῶν τοῦ μαρτυρίου πρὸς τους[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
ν[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣· ε
“Petros, who is bringing your holiness this letter of mine and who is […] of the holy martyr shrine of Apa Phoibammon, is in need, since the proceeds of the two arouras of the martyr shrine (martyrion) are not sufficient for … […]”
(Engl. trans. Gesa Schenke)
A Full text with images is available online at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.koeln;2;112
History
Evidence ID
E00736Saint Name
Phoibammon, soldier martyr of Preht (ob. c. 304) : S00080Saint Name in Source
ἄπα ΦοιβάμμωνRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Letter Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheetLanguage
- Greek