E06123: Greek land lease from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) mentioning fields of *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00080); datable to the 7th century.
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posted on 2018-08-17, 00:00authored bygschenke
P.Herm. 34
In this land lease, one of the boundaries of the plot of land in question are the fields of saint Phoibammon of the market place.
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
Language
Greek
Evidence not before
600
Evidence not after
699
Activity not before
600
Activity not after
699
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 - independent (church)
Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
Church
Source
The papyrus document P. Herm. 34 is kept at the John Rylands Library in Manchester.
Bibliography
Text and translation:
Rees, B.R., Papyri from Hermopolis and Other Documents of the Byzantine Period (Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 42; London, 1964).