E01920: Coptic tax receipt produced by a presbyter and a deacon from a monastery (topos) of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2016-10-11, 00:00authored bydlambert
CPR 4 11, line 4:
[- ca.19 -] ⲫⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ [ⲑ]ⲉⲟⲇⲱ̣[ⲣⲉ -ca.?- ]
'… saint Theodore …'
CPR 4 11, lines 7–8:
ϩⲁ ⲡⲓⲧⲟⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ [ⲛ]ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲫ̣ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ [ -ca.?- ⲑⲉ]ⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉ
'… from the same monastery of saint […] Theodore …'
For a complete record of the document see:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;11
History
Evidence ID
E01920
Saint Name
Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00480
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
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
Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
Monastery
Source
Fragmentary papyrus document from Hermopolis, housed in the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.
Bibliography
Text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;11
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 423.