E02351: Greek receipt for rent, from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), concerning a property owned by a monastery or church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007), datable to the second half of the 6th century.
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posted on 2017-02-10, 00:00authored bygschenke
BGU 19 2795
In this document a steward named Paul acknowledges receipt of a certain amount of money from a property belonging to an institution dedicated to Kyriakos.
Line 2 reads as follows:
ἐδεξάμην παρά σου ἀπὸ τοῦ φόρου τοῦ ἁγίου Κυριακοῦ
'… I have received from you from the rent of saint Kyriakos …'
(Text and German trans.: H. Maehler. Engl. trans.: G. Schenke)
A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;19;2795
History
Evidence ID
E02351
Saint Name
Kyrikos, 3rd c. child martyr in Tarsus, son of *Julitta : S00007
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
550
Evidence not after
599
Activity not before
550
Activity not after
599
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Hermopolis
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Hermopolis
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus document, P. 21841, from Hermopolis, is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Maehler, H., et al. Urkunden aus Hermupolis (Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen (later Staatlichen) Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden XIX; Munich, 2005), 86.