E02157: Coptic receipt for rent payment, of unknown Egyptian provenance, issued by the dikaion of an institution dedicated to the *Apostles (S00084), datable to the 7th century.
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus K 4926 belongs to the papyrus collection at Vienna; there is no indication of its provenance. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.
Discussion
Whether this is a church or a monastery dedicated to the Apostles acting here as the lessor of a property remains unclear.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna 1958, 137.
Mention:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.