E02211: Greek list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a presbyter from an institution dedicated to Apa *Horouonchios (martyr, S01187); datable to the 6th century.
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posted on 2017-01-03, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.Cairo Masp. 3 67288:
This list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito belongs to the archive of Dioscoros.
Col. 6v, line 1:
☧ Ἰωσῆφις πρεσβ(ύτερος(?)) ἄπα Ἑρο(υ)ωγ̣[χ]ι̣(ου)
'Joseph, the presbyter of Apa Herouonchios'
Text: J. Maspero. Translation: G. Schenke.
A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at:
Documentary texts - List
Documentary texts - Fiscal 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, village, etc
Aphrodito
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Aphrodito
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document JE45194 belongs to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.
Discussion
The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02208, E02209, E02210, and E02212.
Bibliography
Edition:
Maspero, J., Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire III (Cairo, 1916).
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.