E02180: Greek receipt concerning rent payments, mentioning a monastery of Apa *Sion (S01177), of unknown Egyptian provenance; datable to the 6th century.

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posted on 2016-12-27, 00:00 authored by gschenke

SPP 3 273 (Stud.Pal. 3 273) Fragment 2: †̣ π(αρὰ) Πραν[ -ca.?- ] τησου ἀπὸ μονῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἄπα Σίωνος ̣[ -ca.?- ] νομισμ(άτιον) ἓν παρὰ κεράτια ἓξ . ἐγράφ(η) μην(ὶ) [ -ca.?- ] 'Through Pran[…] from the monastery of saint Apa Sion […] 1 solidus minus 6 carats. Written in the month of […]’ Text: C. Wessely. Translation: G. Schenke. For a full record of this document complete with image see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/stud.pal;3;273

History

Evidence ID

E02180

Saint Name

Sion or Apasion : S01177

Saint Name in Source

Σίων

Related Saint Records

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Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

599

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

599

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 - monastic

Source

The fragmentary papyrus document, G 11203, belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.

Discussion

A saint Apa Sion is also mentioned in E02181.

Bibliography

Edition: Wessely, C., Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde III, Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats (P.Kl. Form. I) (Leipzig, 1904), No. 273. Mention: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.