E04039: Coptic document from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) concerning the receipt of a rent payment for land, issued by a deacon of a church dedicated to *Kollouthos (presumably the physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641); datable to the 7th/8th century.
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posted on 2017-09-15, 00:00authored bygschenke
KSB 1 243
In this document a deacon is acting on behalf of the legal body (dikaion) of a church dedicated to Kollouthos issuing a receipt for a rent payment received. Lines 1–5 read as follows:
‘The legal body (dikaion) of saint Kollouthos at the gate, through me, Gregorios, the least deacon, I am writing to the master Loulou, the vegetable seller. I have received …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka, trans. G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04039
Saint Name
Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), ob. early 4th cent. : S00641
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
Language
Coptic
Evidence not before
600
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
600
Activity not after
799
Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and Cyrenaica
Place of Evidence - City, village, etc
Aphrodito
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Aphrodito
Hermopolis
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ
Ashmunein
Hermopolis
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
This papyrus document, P.Beatty Copt. inv. 2177.7, belongs to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. The document has been dated on palaeographical grounds.