E02309: Greek order for wine, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), issued by a church to a steward of an institution dedicated to Apa *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443); dated 24 January 487.
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posted on 2017-02-02, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.Oxy. 16 1950:
An order for payment issued by a church to a steward (pronoetes) of Apa Philoxenos, to deliver to an assistant in the office of the exactor 4 double jars of wine for the festival of Tybi.
Documentary texts - Letter
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
487
Evidence not after
487
Activity not before
487
Activity not after
487
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
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The papyrus document was found at Oxyrhynchos and is now housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.
Bibliography
Edition:
Grenfell, B.P., Hunt, A.S., and Bell, H.I., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XVI, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1924), 218.