E02208: Greek fiscal document from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning payments made by a small oratory of *Horouonchios (martyr, S01187); dated either to the year 618–619 or 633–634 AD.

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posted on 2017-01-03, 00:00 authored by gschenke

P.Sorb. 2 69, fragment 56.D, line 7

[δ(ιὰ) τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Ὡρουω]γχίου μικ(ροῦ) εὐκτ(ηρίου) (ἀρτάβης) 𐅵

'Through saint Horouonchios, the small oratory, half an artaba.'

Text: J. Gascou. English translation: G. Schenke.

A complete record of the text can be found at:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.sorb;2;69

History

Evidence ID

E02208

Saint Name

Herouodj, martyr together with Moui : S01187

Saint Name in Source

[Ὡρουώ]γχιος

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Herouodj_martyr_together_with_Moui/13732333

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Fiscal document Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex

Language

Greek

Evidence not before

600

Evidence not after

650

Activity not before

600

Activity not after

650

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Hermopolis

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

Hermopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

The fragmentary papyrus document belongs in parts to Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie 2227 (1-69) Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1442 - 1485 Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1574 Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1794. The document is dated by the indiction year, which could be either one of the two possible years within the first half of the 7th century.

Discussion

The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02209, E02210, E02211, and E02212.

Bibliography

Text and Translation: Gascou, J., Un Codex fiscal Hermopolite (P.Sorb. II 69), Papyrus de la Sorbonne II, American Studies in Papyrology XXXII, No. 69 (Atlanta, 1994). Mention: O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 151. Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 222–223.