E02228: Greek document concerning tax payments in grain, of unknown Egyptian provenance, mentioning an institution dedicated to *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2017-01-06, 00:00authored byBryan
CPR 22 15
The documents refers to taxes on land payable in grain. Line 2 reads:
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ο̣ ̣ τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Μην(ᾶ)
'[…] … of saint Menas …'
(Text and Italian trans.: F. Morelli, Engl.: G. Schenke)
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Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
700
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
700
Activity not after
799
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 - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document P.Vindob. G 39754 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.
Discussion
The taxes may be due on a church or even a monastery of Menas, though the fragmentary nature of the document does not permit any certain conclusions.
Bibliography
Edition:
Morelli, F., Documenti greci per la fiscalità e la amministrazione dell'Egitto arabo, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri vol. XXII, Griechische Texte XV (Vienna, 2001), 76–79.