E04310: Greek list of payments from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning receipts written on ostraka concerning districts or institutions named after *Viktor (probably the son of Romanos, S00749), *Philotheos (possibly the young martyr of Antioch, S00878) and *Enoch (probably the Old Testament patriarch, S00762), as well as a hamlet dedicated to Pinoution (saint with cult at Aphrodito, S01613); datable to the 8th century.
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posted on 2017-11-06, 00:00authored bygschenke
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Lines 7, 9 and 11 mention receipts written on ostraka concerning a district named after an institution dedicated to Viktor:
ὄστρα(κον) Ἁγί\ου/ Βίκ(τωρος) [ -ca.?- ]
'Ostracon of (the district of) saint Viktor'
Line 26 mentions a receipt written on ostraka concerning institutions dedicated to Philotheos, to Enoch and to Viktor:
Pinoution saint with cult in Aphrodito, possibly the bishop of Antinoopolis associated with Kollouthos, physician and martyr : S01613
Viktor, son of Romanos, Egyptian martyr : S00749
Enoch, the seventh Patriarch of the Book of Genesis : S00762
Phi
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
700
Evidence not after
799
Activity not before
700
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 - unspecified
Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
Towns, villages, districts and fortresses
Source
London, British Library Pap 1418.
Discussion
These ostraka 'of' saints Viktor, Philotheos and Enoch seem to record payments, either from the three districts of Aphrodito that are known from other documents to have been named after these saints (see E04326, E04314, E04318, and E04324), or from the institutions (presumably churches or monasteries) after which the districts were named.
Enoch could be the Old Testament patriarch; but, outside the Holy Land, Old Testament figures were rarely the subject of church dedications in our period; so he may have been a local martyr or holy man.
Bibliography
Text:
Bell, H.I., and Crum, W.E., Greek Papyri in the British Museum. London IV: The Aphrodito Papyri (London, 1910).