Coptic receipt for rent payment, of unknown Egyptian provenance, issued by the dikaion of an institution dedicated to the *Apostles (S00084); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02157
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
CPR 4 151, lines 1–3
The beginning of the document is as follows:
† ⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲛϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗ[ⲟ]ⲥ̣
ϩ̣ⲓ̣ⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲥⲉⲣⲅ̣ⲉⲓ ⲡⲣⲉ(ⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲉⲓⲥϩ[ⲁⲓ]
ⲉⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲡⲗⲱ ϫⲉ
'The dikaion of the Lords, the Apostles, represented through me, Sergei, the presbyter, I am writing to Apa Apollo: …'
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;151
Cult PlacesCult building - unspecified
Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - monastic
Source
The papyrus K 4926 belongs to the papyrus collection at Vienna; there is no indication of its provenance. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
Whether this is a church or a monastery dedicated to the Apostles acting here as the lessor of a property remains unclear.Bibliography
Text and translation:Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna 1958, 137.
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
4/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00084 | Apostles, unnamed or name lost | ⲛⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗ[ⲟ]ⲥ̣ | Certain |
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