E02162: Coptic document of unknown Egyptian origin mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to *Theodoros (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), datable to the 7th century.

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posted on 2016-12-21, 00:00 authored by Bryan

CPR 4 210, lines 1–3: † ⲁⲡ̣ⲁⲧⲏⲣ̣ ⲡⲓⲉⲗ(ⲁ)ⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲛⲡⲡⲣⲉ(ⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲡϣ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕ(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) [ⲡ]ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲟⲙ̣[ -ca.?- ] ⲛⲡϩⲁ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ] [ⲑⲉⲟ]ⲇⲱⲣ̣ⲉ ⲛⲡⲁⲟⲩⲱⲣⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲧⲏ̣ⲩ̣ⲧ̣ⲛ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]- ⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲡⲉⲓ]ⲧⲟ̣ⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ̣ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙ̣ⲟ̣ⲗⲟ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ] 'Apater, the least presbyter, son of the blessed Peter, the inhabitant of [place name, I am writing to the dikaion of the topos] of saint Theodore of Paouore, represented through you, […] name, of the same topos. I acknowledge … […] …' Text and German translation: W.C. Till. English translation: G. Schenke. A full record of this document can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;210

History

Evidence ID

E02162

Saint Name

Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00480

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Theodore_soldier_and_martyr_of_Amaseia_and_Euchaita/13730413

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private document

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

699

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

699

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

This fragmentary papyrus document belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.

Discussion

Whether the topos (place) mentioned here is a shrine or a monastery (or both, i.e. a monastery running a shrine), remains unclear. Theodore of Paouore could conceivably be a local saint of Paouore; but this is more likely to be a reference to a shrine of Theodore of Euchaita located in the village of Paouore.

Bibliography

Text and translation: Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 184. Mention: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.