E02076: Coptic rent contract for parts of a house mentioning a 'street of the Archangel Gabriel', most likely named after a church or a monastery of *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), from Hermopolis, datable to the 7th century.
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
The papyrus from Hermopolis, inv. no. P.Vindob. K 4910 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.
Discussion
The same street seems to be referred to as 'the street of Apa Gabriel' in CPR 4 114, see E01923.
Bibliography
Edition:
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 110–111.
Mention:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.