E02219: Greek list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning an oratory of Apa *Herrmauos (S01188); datable to the 6th century.

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posted on 2017-01-04, 00:00 authored by gschenke

P.Cairo Masp. 3 67288 This list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito belongs to the archive of Dioscoros. Col. 6v, line 5: εὐκτ(ήριον) ἄπα Ἑρ̣μ̣α(υ)ῶτος νό(μισμα) 'Oratory of Apa Herrmauos, solidus …' Text: J. Maspero. Translation: G. Schenke. A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;3;67288

History

Evidence ID

E02219

Saint Name

Herrmauos : S01188

Saint Name in Source

ἄπα Ἑρ̣μ̣α(υ)ῶς

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Herrmauos_Apa/13732336

Type of Evidence

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

This oratory is listed a few lines after the institution dedicated to Apa Herouonchios, see E02211. The same saint in mentioned in E02220, E02221, and E02222.

Bibliography

Edition: Maspero, J., Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire III (Cairo, 1916). Mention: Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 81–82.