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E02128: Greek list of unknown Egyptian origin, presenting shrines dedicated to martyrs, including *Dorotheos (S01173), *Ioustos (S01172), and an *Evangelist, possibly Mark (S00293), datable to the 7th/8th century.

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posted on 2016-12-15, 00:00 authored by gschenke
MPER XVII 78:

Π̣αχ..
μαρτή̣ρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγίο̣υ̣ Δωρ̣[οθέου
[μ]α̣[ρτ]ή̣[ρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγ]ί[(οῦ ]

μαρτύρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγί(οῦ) Ἰούστου
μ̣α̣ρ̣[τύ]ρ̣(ιον) τ]ο̣ῦ̣ ἁ̣[γί(οῦ)] ……

.................. τ̣[ῆς] μητρός σο.[ ]
μαρτύρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγί(οῦ) κ(αὶ) εὐαγγελιστοῦ [Μάρκου?]


'(month) Pachon (?)
Martyrion of St Dorotheos.
Martyrion of St …

Martyrion of St Justos.
Martyrion of St …

… … of mother …
Martyrion of St and Evangelist [Mark?]’

Text: K. Treu and J. Diethart/A. Papaconstaniou. English translation: G. Schenke.

History

Evidence ID

E02128

Saint Name

Dorotheos, the deacon and theopista, son of the prefect of Isauria : S01173 Justos, son of the emperor Numerian, soldier martyr at Antinoopolis, under Diocletian : S01172 Mark the Evangelist : S00293

Saint Name in Source

Δωρόθεος Ἰοῦστος

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - List Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment sheet

Language

Greek

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 name in other Language(s)

Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Awarding privileges to cult centres

Source

The fragmentary parchment leaf P. Vindob. G 22.683 belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna. The leaf has been reassembled from three disjointed fragments. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.

Discussion

The purpose of listing these shrines is not clear, but the fragments might be part of a longer list of places where services were planned to take place during the month of Pachon. It has also been suggested that this might be a list of literary works, i.e. of martyrdom accounts of the listed saints.

Bibliography

Edition: Treu, K. and Diethart, J., Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhaltes, II (Vienna, 1993), p. 130, no 78 et pl. 51. Further reading: Papaconstantinou, A., "Martyres ou martyria? Une reflecture de P. Vindob. G 22.683 (MPER XVII 78)," Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 130 (2000), 193–196.

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Categories

Keywords

S01173S01172S00293History

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CC0

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