Coptic acknowledgement from the area of Hermopolis/Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), issued by an institution dedicated to *Leontios (possibly the martyr of Tripolis in Phoenicia, S00216); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02161
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
CPR 4 198, line 7 reads as follows:
[ -ca.?- ]ⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲗⲉⲟⲛ̣[ⲧⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲓ]ⲱⲁ̣ⲛ̣ⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲉⲩ̣[ⲗⲁ]ⲃⲉⲥⲧⲁⲧⲟⲥ […]
'[……] saint Leontios [represented through] John, the most pious […] '
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;198
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This very fragmentary papyrus document K 4928 belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
See also E01148.Bibliography
Text and translation:Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 178–180.
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
10/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00216 | Leontios, martyr of Tripolis (Phoenicia) | ⲗⲉⲟⲛ̣[ⲧⲓⲟⲥ] | Uncertain |
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