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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, 00:00 authored by dlambert

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

Saint Name in Source

ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉ

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Theodore_soldier_and_martyr_of_Amaseia_and_Euchaita/13730413

Type of Evidence

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.