E01923: Coptic rent contract for parts of a house facing a 'street of Apa Gabriel', perhaps named after a church or monastery of *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), from Hermopolis, datable to the 7th century.

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

CPR 4 114, lines 3–4 ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉ̣ϩⲣ̣[ⲩ]ⲙ̣ⲏ̣ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ '… to the north onto the street of Apa Gabriel …' For a complete record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;114

History

Evidence ID

E01923

Saint Name

Gabriel, the Archangel : S00192

Saint Name in Source

ⲁⲡⲁ ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Gabriel_the_Archangel/13729645

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

699

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 Named after Saint

Gates, bridges and roads

Source

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

Discussion

See the same street mentioned in CPR 4 115, E02076.

Bibliography

Text: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;114 Further reading: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 423.