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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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Coptic land lease contract from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), addressed to the juridical body (dikaion) of a monastery of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), from which the field is leased; datable to the 7th century.

Evidence ID

E02153

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document

CPR 4 117:

A deacon from Hermopolis (Schmun) addresses the monastery of Theodore represented through another deacon fixing the lease of a field and its terms for the duration of three years.

Line 6:

ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡ]ⲇⲓⲕ[ⲁ]ⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣ[ⲟⲥ ?

'… I am writing to the] dikaion of my lord, the saint Theodore …'


Text and German translation: W.C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Source

The papyrus document K 3122 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 112–113.

Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

20/12/2016

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00480Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and EuchaitaUncertain


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