Greek tax account from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a street named after *Euphemia (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and a street named after *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), as well as another street named after a saint whose name is now lost; it also mentions an oikonomos of *Sergios (probably the soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023); datable to the 7th c.
E00208
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Lond 3 1028:
An account from Hermopolis of the 7th century with tax payments, gives the amount of money paid representatives on behalf of the people living on different streets
Line 19:
δ(ιὰ) Ζαχαρία διακό(νου) (ὑπὲρ) ῥύμ(ης) τῆ(ς) ἁγί(ας) μεγά(λης) Εὐφη̣[μίας νο(μισμάτια)] οδ (κεράτια) ιβ
'Through the deacon Zacharias, on behalf of the street of the great saint Euphemia, 74 solidi and 12 carats.'
Lines 23–24:
δ(ιὰ) Φοιβάμμωνος οἰκονόμ\ου/ τ\οῦ/ ἁγί(ου) Σεργίο(υ) (ὑπὲρ) τ(ῆς) ῥύμ(ης) τ\οῦ/ ἁγί(ου) Μ̣ην̣ᾶ
νο(μισμάτια) λγ [(κεράτια)] δ
'Through Phoibammon, the steward of saint Sergios, on behalf of the street of the holy Menas, 33 solidi and 4 carats'
Line 25:
δ(ιὰ) Γεωργίο(υ) Κο̣υ̣ ̣ίο̣υ [(ὑπὲρ) ῥύ]μ(ης) τ\οῦ/ ἁγί(ου) ̣ ̣ ̣ νο(μισμάτια) ρε (κεράτια) ια̣
'Through Georgios, son of Kourios (?), on behalf of the street of saint … 105 solidi and 11 carats.'
Translation: G. Schenke
Full text available under: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.lond;3;1028
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintGates, bridges and roads
Source
Papyrus document, list, dated on palaeographical grounds to the 7th century, located at the British Library in London, number 1028.Discussion
The document refers most probably to streets with churches of Euphemia and Menas.Bibliography
Edition:Kenyon, F.G., and Bell, H.I., Greek Papyri in the British Museum, vol. 3 (London: British Museum, 1907).
For a full range of the documentary evidence on Menas:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 146–154.
Gesa Schenke
19/11/2014
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00017 | Euphemia, martyr of Chalcedon | Εὐφημία | Certain | S00023 | Sergios, soldier and martyr of Rusafa | Σέργιος | Certain | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | Certain |
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