Greek account concerning wine, mentioning an institution dedicated to *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier martyr of Assiut, S00080), from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); datable to the 5th/6th century.
Evidence ID
E01918
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
BGU 12 2177, line 6–7
οἴ(νου) ἀγγ(εῖα) μικρὰ το̣ῦ̣ ἁ̣γ̣ίου Φο̣ι̣βάμ̣ ̣
'… small wine measures of the holy Phoibammon …'
Text and German trans.: H. Maehler
English translation: G. Schenke
For a complete record of the document with images see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;12;2177
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The document P. 21794 from Hermopolis is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The wine measures mentioned here seem to refer to jars of a church or a monastery of Phoibammon. For similar circumstances see E00662.Bibliography
Edition:Maehler, H., Papyri aus Hermupolis (Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen (later Staatlichen) Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden, vol. XII; Berlin, 1974).
Mention:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 420.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
11/10/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | Φο̣ι̣βάμ̣ ̣ | Uncertain |
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