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.
'(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
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.