E01912: Greek receipt for rent payment, from Arsinoe (Fayum), mentioning 'the rent of the holy Amaio' (S01120), datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2016-10-11, 00:00 authored by gschenke

BGU 2 682 (SPP 8 783), lines 1–2: ἀπὸ μέρο(υς) ἐνοικ(ίου) τ(ο)ῦ ἁγίου Ἀμαίω '… for part of the rent of saint Amaio …' For a full record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;2;682

History

Evidence ID

E01912

Saint Name

Amaio : S01120

Saint Name in Source

Ἀμαίω

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Amaio/13732138

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document

Language

Greek

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

Arsinoites (Fayum)

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

Arsinoites (Fayum) Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

Papyrus document from the Arsinoites housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.

Discussion

A saint Amaio is otherwise unknown; but this appears to be a reference to a church or monastery.

Bibliography

Text: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;2;682 Further reading: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 420.