E02301: Greek receipt from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), concerning an offering made to a hospital located in the vicinity of (a church of) *Neilos (presumably the ascetic of Sinai, S00405); dated to 13 March 587.

P.Oxy. 16 1898

Receipt for a payment of 371 artabas of wheat made as an offering (prosphora) to a hospital (nosokomion), issued by the steward of that hospital and addressed to the heirs of Flavius Apion.

Lines 14–19 of the document run as follows:

καὶ ἐνοχὴν Μηνᾶς νοτάριος τῆς
ὑμῶν ὑπερφυείας υἱὸς τοῦ μακαρίου
Ἰωάννου ἑξῆς ὑπογράφων ἰδίᾳ
χειρὶ ἀπὸ τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως
καὶ οἰκονόμος τοῦ ἁγίου νοσοκομίου
ἀββᾶ Ἠλία περὶ τὸν ἅγιον Νεῖλον.

'… from Menas, notary of your magnificence, son of the late John, subscribing below with his own hand, of the city of Oxyrhynchus, and steward of the holy hospital of Abbot Elias, near saint Neilos.'


(Text and trans.: B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, and H. I. Bell)

A complete record of the document with images can be found at:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;16;1898