E01146: Papyrus from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) with Greek and Coptic scribal exercises, mentioning an oratory of Abba *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), written in the 8th century.
online resource
posted on 2016-02-24, 00:00authored byBryan
CPR 4 34
The papyrus displays a large collection of Greek and Coptic model phrases for delivery contracts written by one and the same scribe.
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermopolis
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
CPR 4 34 is a fragmentary papyrus belonging to the Papyrus Collection in Vienna, inv. K 4912B. The handwriting of the document has been dated to the 8th century.
Discussion
The fact that phrases involving an oratory of Abba Theodore Stratelates were practised, suggests that this oratory was the addressee of multiple contracts and other written documents and therefore much involved in economic matters, an aspect to which its location 'on the market place' likewise points.
Bibliography
Editions:
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 39–42.
Harrauer, H., and Sijpesteijn, P.J., Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht (Vienna, 1985), 102–103.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 96-100, 423.