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E01919: Coptic document written by the weight-masters of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) mentioning an institution dedicated to *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), from Hermopolis, dateable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2016-10-11, 00:00 authored by dlambert
CPR 2 219, line 2

  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉ

' … of saint Theodore'


For a complete record of the document see:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;219

History

Evidence ID

E01919

Saint Name

Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00480

Saint Name in Source

ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉ

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Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private 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

Hermopolis

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

Hermopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

Fragmentary papyrus document from Hermoplis, housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.

Bibliography

Text: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;2;219 Further reading: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 423.

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    Evidence - The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

    Categories

    Keywords

    S00480History

    Licence

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