Coptic acknowledgement from the area of Hermopolis/Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a hospital and an oratory of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), located by the city gate, datable to the 7th c.
Evidence ID
E01148
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
CPR 4 198:
The document, though very fragmentary, seems to promise donations following the death of a man named Kollouthos, son of Rodake. The donation seems to concern land for cultivation and is to be made to the hospital and oratory of his name saint, Kollouthos of Antinoopolis.
CPR IV 198,16–17:
[ -ca.?- ]ⲁϥⲟ[ ̣ ̣] ⲛⲟⲩ[- ca.4 -]ⲉⲁ ⲙⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲥⲟⲕⲟⲙⲓⲟⲛ
[ -ca.?- ⲉⲩ]ⲕ̣ⲧⲏⲣ̣[ⲓ]ⲟ̣ⲛ ⲉ[ⲧⲟⲩⲁ]ⲁⲃ ⲙⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲉ̣ ⲛⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ
“[…] … […] … […] to the dikaion of the hospital (νοσοκομεῖον) […] holy oratory of saint Kollouthos by the gate.”
Text and German translation: W. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of the text is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;198
Places Named after Saint
Hospital and other charitable institutions
Source
CPR 4 198 is a fragmentary papyrus belonging to the Papyrus Collection in Vienna, inv. K 4928. The handwriting of the document has been dated to the 7th century.Discussion
The fragmentary papyrus document leaves many questions open as to the exact nature and parameters of the legal contract. What seems to be clear is that a donation of land for cultivation is to be made following the donor’s death. A topos is mentioned to whose representatives the document seems to be addressed. Possibly this was a monastery responsible for the hospital and oratory of Kollouthos, rather than a separate institution.Bibliography
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;198Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 178–180.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
24/2/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑ̣ⲉ̣ | Certain |
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