E02154: Fragmentary Coptic land lease from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning an institution of *Phoibammon (probably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), bordering the agricultural locality in question, datable to the 7th century.
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CPR 4 118, line 4
[ -ca.?- ]ⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲛϣⲧⲉϩ
'[…] of saint Phoibammon at Shtech … […]'
Text and German translation: W. C. Till. English translation: G. Schenke.
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History
Evidence ID
E02154
Saint Name
Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Preht (ob. c. 304) : S00080
The papyrus K 1780 belongs to the papyrus collection at Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.
Discussion
Shtech was a rural Hermopolite locality, probably the place where the church or monastery of Phoibammon was located, rather than the place of origin of the saint.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 113–114.
Mention:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.