Greek list, most likely from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting deacons and sub-deacons of churches and martyr shrines, including a martyrion of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); datable to the 5th century.
Evidence ID
E02129
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Amst. I 81
☧ μ(αρτύ)ρ(ιον) Παρὰ Ποταμόν
Ναραῦ διάκ(ονος)
Μαρτύρι(ος) ὑποδιάκ(ονος)
Ἰσαῖος ὑποδιάκ(ονος)
5
ἐκκλησία νο̣τ[ίνη]
Ἰωάννης διάκ(ονος)
Φοῖβ ὑποδιάκ(ονος)
Ἰωάννης ὑποδιάκ(ονος)
μ(αρτύ)ρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγίου Στεφάνου
10
Παπνοῦθις διάκ(ονος)
Φοιβάμμων ὑ̣ποδιάκ(ονος)
Ἀβραὰμ ὑπ̣[ο]δ̣ιάκ(ονος)
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'Martyrion by the River:
Narau, deacon,
Martyrios, sub-deacon,
Isaios, sub-deacon.
5
Southern church:
John, deacon,
Phib, sub-deacon,
John, sub-deacon.
Martyrion of St Stephen:
10
Papnouthis, deacon,
Phoibammon, sub-deacon,
Abraham, sub-deacon.'
Text: R.P. Salomons, P.J. Sijpesteijn, and K.A. Worp
Translation: G. Schenke
For a full record of this document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.amst;1;81
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Cult building - independent (church)
Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
The papyrus P. Sem. 162 belongs to the University Library in Amsterdam. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The mention of an institution for saint Stephen listed together with a church/martyrion 'by the River’ likewise occurs in E00741 which comes from Oxyrhynchos, so our document here very likely has the same provenance. Furthermore, like our document, Oxyrrhynchos also had a 'Southern church': see E02124.The purpose of the list is not evident. Each of the three institutions mentioned, one church and two martyria, list their clerics: a deacon and two subdeacons each.
Bibliography
Edition:R. P. Salomons, P.J. Sijpesteijn, and K.A. Worp, Die Amsterdamer Papyri I (Stud. Amst. XIV; Zutphen 1980).
Correction:
Minnen, P. van, “The Earliest Account of a Martyrdom in Coptic,” Analecta Bollandiana 113 (1995), 19.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
16/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | Στέφανος | Uncertain |
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