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E06126: Greek receipt of unknown Egyptian provenance mentioning a storehouse of *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00080); datable to the second half of the 6th century.

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posted on 2018-08-17, 00:00 authored by gschenke
P.Laur. 2 34

In this document a payment of a certain sum is made from the storehouse to a recipient who signs for it.

In lines 3–4 the storehouse is mentioned as follows:

τῆς ἀποθήκις τοῦ ἁγίου Φοιβάμμων

'… of the storehouse of holy Phoibammon.'


(Text: R. Pintaudi; trans.: G. Schenke)

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Evidence ID

E06126

Saint Name

Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut : S00080

Saint Name in Source

Φοιβάμμων

Type of Evidence

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet Documentary texts - Other private document

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 name in other Language(s)

Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Places Named after Saint

  • Other

Source

The papyrus document PL 8 is kept at the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence.

Bibliography

Text and translation: Pintaudi, R., Dai Papiri della Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana vol. 2 (Pap.Flor. II) (Florence, 1977).

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