E02163: Greek lease of an epaulis (rural dwelling) from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), addressing the dikaion of an oratory of *John the Baptist (S00020), dated 8 July 551.

CPR 9 32, lines 6–8 read as follows:

τῷ δικαίῳ το̣ῦ̣ ἁγίου̣ εὐκτηρίου [ἄ]ββα Ἰωάννου
βαπτιστο̣ῦ̣ κα̣λ̣[ο]υμένου Περιπάτου το̣ῦ̣ διακει[μ]ένου
ἐπὶ τῆς Ἑρμουπ̣[ο]λ̣ιτῶν δ̣ι̣ὰ̣ Ζα̣χα̣ρ̣ί̣[ο]υ̣ ο̣ἰ̣κ[ονόμου]

'To the dikaion of the holy oratory of Abba John the Baptist, of the so-called Peripatos, located at Hermopolis, represented through Zacharias, the oikonomos, […] …’


Text and German translation: W.C. Till. English translation: G. Schenke.

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