E02315: Greek account, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), listing, among payments for various churches, one to a church of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), dated to the year 590.
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P.Oxy. 19 2243a:
This is an account from the estate of the Apions, listing payments and income in money and wheat. Among the entries are many concerning expenses paid for village churches (lines 76–78), among which there is one dedicated to saint Michael, line 77:
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
590
Evidence not after
590
Activity not before
590
Activity not after
590
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 - independent (church)
Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The document was found in Oxyrhynchos and is housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.
Discussion
The entry is similar to the account P.Oxy. 16 1912, line 119, see E02304, and P.Oxy. 18 2195, line 88, see E02314.
Bibliography
Edition:
Lobel, E., Wegener, E.P., Roberts, C.H., and Bell, H.I., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIX, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1948).