Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting offerings to religious institutions, including ones dedicated to *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and possibly *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 5th/6th century.
E02125
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 67 4620:
† ἐπὶ τῆς θ ἰνδικ(τίωνος)
εἰς τὴν ἁγί(αν) προσφορ(ὰν)
τῆς μάμ̣μης
(ἀρτάβαι) υιϛ
5
εἰς τροφ(ὴν) τ̣ῶ̣ν χηρ(ῶν)
τῆς ἐκκλ̣(ησίας) Φοιβάμμ(ωνος)
(ἀρτάβης) 𐅵 / (ἀρτάβαι) ρπβ 𐅵 /
εἰς τὸν ἅγι(ον) Φιλόξενον
(ἀρτάβαι) ρ
10
εἰς τὸν ἅγι(ον) Σερῆνον
(ἀρτάβαι) ρ
εἰς τὸν ἅγι(ον) Ἰοῦστον
(ἀρτάβαι) κε
εἰς τὸ ξεν<ο>δοχ(εῖον) αὐ̣τοῦ̣
15
(ἀρτάβαι) κε
εἰς τὸ Ἄνω Καισάριον
(ἀρτάβαι) λ
εἰς τὸ Μέγα Ὄρος
(ἀρτάβαι) λ
20
εἰς τὸ μοναστήρ(ιον) Λευκαδίου
(ἀρτάβαι) κ
εἰς τὰ Ἄπα ιερακ̣ίονο̣ς
(ἀρτάβαι) ρ
εἰς τὸ μοναστήρ(ιον)
25
Ἄμα Ἰουλιανῆς
(ἀρτάβαι) ν
εἰς τὸ μοναστήρ(ιον)
Ἄμα Μαρίας
(ἀρτάβαι) ϛ
30
(γίνονται) (ἀρτάβαι) Απδ
'In the 9th indiction.
For the holy mass (?) for our (?) grandmother 416 artabas.
(5)
For the maintenance of the widows of the church of Phoibammon 1/2 artaba [per diem, making] 182 1/2 artabas [per annum].
For St Philoxenos 100 artabas.
(10) For St Serenos 100 artabas.
For St Ioustos 25 artabas.
For its guest-house
(15) 25 artabas.
For the Upper Caesareum 30 artabas.
For the Great Desert 30 artabas.
(20)
For the monastery of Leucadius 20 artabas.
For the house of (?) Apa Hieracio 100 artabas.
For the monastery of
(25) Ama Iouliana 50 artabas.
For the monastery of Ama Maria 6 artabas.
(30)
Total: 1084 artabas.'
Text and translation: J. David Thomas
A full record of this document, complete with image is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;67;4620
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - secondary installation (fountain, pilgrims’ hostel)
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityDistribution of alms
Source
The papyrus P.Oxy. 67 4620 is located at Oxford, Sackler Library, Papyrology Rooms, A22/5. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The payments are made not only to churches and shrines, but to monasteries and people as well.Noteworthy is the guest-house for the shrine of Ioustos for which the same amount as for the shrine itself is listed. A guest-house connected with a shrine would suggest a pilgrimage centre, possibly connected with a healing shrine of Ioustos. (See E02292 for evidence that Ioustos had a martyrion at Oxyrrhynchos.)
The 'church of Phoibammon' is perhaps the church of saint Phoibammon; but, unlike the other saints, Phoibammon is not labelled as hagios, and it could be a church founded by, and named after, a man of the same name (for this same church, labelled in the same way, see E00164 and E02123).
Bibliography
Edition:Thomas, J.D., "P.Oxy. 67 4620. Offerings to Religious Institutions," in: R.A. Coles (ed.), The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. LXVII (London, 2001), 250–253.
Gesa Schenke
14/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | Φοιβάμμ(ωνος) | Uncertain | S00134 | Sirenos/Serenos, saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos | Σερῆνος | Certain | S00443 | Philoxenos, saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos | Φιλόξενος | Certain | S01172 | Ioustos, saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos | Ἰοῦστος | Certain |
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