E02231: Greek order for payment of wine, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning a door keeper to an institution dedicated to *John (presumably either the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042, or the Baptist, S00020), dated to the year 503.
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posted on 2017-01-06, 00:00authored byBryan
P.Oxy. 1 141 (= SPP 8 1155)
Order from John, a comes, to his servant Phoibammon to make wine payments to various individuals, among whom is a doorkeeper of a church or monastery dedicated to John.
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
503
Evidence not after
503
Activity not before
503
Activity not after
503
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Oxyrhynchos
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Oxyrhynchos
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus 10096 is located in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Discussion
The payments are made in double jars (dipla) of wine. Other recipients are a carpenter, a policeman, as well as fishermen and guards.
The 'John' of this shrine is presumably either the Apostle and Evangelist, or the Baptist, but there is no indication which.
Bibliography
Edition:
B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. I, Published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs, London 1898, 226–227.