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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Two Greek receipts probably from the Herakleopolite nome (Middle Egypt), mentioning a presbyter and oikonomos of an institution dedicated to Apa *Isaac (perhaps Isaak of Tiphre, martyr of the Nile delta, S00441); datable to the 6th/7th c.

Evidence ID

E00732

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private document

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

P.Lugd. Bat. 19 23, lines 3–6:

παρὰ σοῦ̣ υἱος
Ἄνι πρεσβ(υτέρου) ἠκωνόμου
το̣ῦ̣ ἁγίου
5 ἄπα Ἰσαὰκ (ὑπὲρ) σηνεθία̣(ς) ἀρουρ(ῶν)
ἡμῶν.

'… From you, son of Ani, presbyter and oikonomos of saint Apa Isaak, for the customer repayment of our arouras.'


Text and translation: E. Boswinkel and P.W. Pestman.

The full record with image is available online at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.batav;;23/



SPP III 24 Rekto = P.Lugd. Bat. 19 23 bis, lines 3–6:

παρὰ σ̣[οῦ]
τοῦ υἱος Ἀάνι πρε(σβυτέρου) ἠκωνόμου̣
5
τοῦ ἁγίου ἄπα Ἰσαὰκ (ὑπὲρ) συνηθια
ἀρουρ(ῶν) ἡμῶν.

'… From you, son of Ani, presbyter and oikonomos of saint Apa Isaak, for the customer repayment of our arouras.'


Text and translation: E. Boswinkel and P. W. Pestman.

The full record with image is available online at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.batav;;23bis/

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic

Source

P.Lugd. Bat. 19 23 is housed at Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 10830; SPP III 24 Recto = P.Lugd. Bat. XIX 23 bis at Vienna, Nationalbibliothek G 11024 Vo; formerly Vienna, Nationalbibliothek Q 120 V.


Bibliography

Edition and translation:
Boswinkel, E. and Pestman, P. W., Textes grecs, démotiques et bilingues (Leiden, 1978).


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

10/12/2017

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00441Isaac of Tiphre, martyr of the Nile Deltaἄπα ἸσαὰκUncertain


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