Greek lease from Herakleopolis (Middle Egypt) mentioning a church of *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073); dated 29 March 604.
Evidence ID
E00163
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
P.Erl. 73
A lease from Herakleopolis with the date 29 March 604, concerns a house situated in the quarter of Saint Menas, as stated in lines 18–19:
ἐν τῇ αὐτ[ῇ] Ἡρακλέους πόλει ἐν λαύρᾳ ἐκκλησ[ί]ας Ἀββᾶ Μηνᾶ
'in the same city Herakleopolis, in the quarter of the church of Abba Mena'
Full text available under: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.erl;;73
Translation: G. Schenke
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
P.Erl. 73, a complete papyrus document.Discussion
The church is mentioned as defining a certain part of the city in which a leased house is situated.Bibliography
Edition:Schubart, W., Die Papyri der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen (Leipzig: O. Harrasowitz, 1942).
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 146–149 (full range of documentary evidence on Menas, 146-54).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
20/11/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶ | Certain |
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