Fragmentary Coptic land lease from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning an institution of *Phoibammon (probably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), bordering the agricultural locality in question; datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02154
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
CPR 4 118, line 4
[ -ca.?- ]ⲉ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ ⲛϣⲧⲉϩ
'[…] of saint Phoibammon at Shtech … […]'
Text and German translation: W. C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of this document can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;118
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Places Named after Saint
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The papyrus K 1780 belongs to the papyrus collection at Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
Shtech was a rural Hermopolite locality, probably the place where the church or monastery of Phoibammon was located, rather than the place of origin of the saint.Bibliography
Text and translation:Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 113–114.
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
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛ | Uncertain |
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