Coptic document of unknown Egyptian origin mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to *Theodoros (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E02162
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
CPR 4 210, lines 1–3:
† ⲁⲡ̣ⲁⲧⲏⲣ̣ ⲡⲓⲉⲗ(ⲁ)ⲭ(ⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ) ⲛⲡⲡⲣⲉ(ⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ) ⲡϣ ⲛⲡⲙⲁⲕ(ⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ) [ⲡ]ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲣⲟⲙ̣[ -ca.?- ]
ⲛⲡϩⲁ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ] [ⲑⲉⲟ]ⲇⲱⲣ̣ⲉ ⲛⲡⲁⲟⲩⲱⲣⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲧⲏ̣ⲩ̣ⲧ̣ⲛ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]-
ⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏ̣ⲥ̣ ⲛ̣[ⲡⲉⲓ]ⲧⲟ̣ⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ̣ ϫⲉ ⲧⲓϩⲟⲙ̣ⲟ̣ⲗⲟ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ ̣ ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
'Apater, the least presbyter, son of the blessed Peter, the inhabitant of [place name, I am writing to the dikaion of the topos] of saint Theodore of Paouore, represented through you, […] name, of the same topos. I acknowledge … […] …'
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;210
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus document belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
Whether the topos (place) mentioned here is a shrine or a monastery (or both, i.e. a monastery running a shrine), remains unclear. Theodore of Paouore could conceivably be a local saint of Paouore; but this is more likely to be a reference to a shrine of Theodore of Euchaita located in the village of Paouore.Bibliography
Text and translation:Till, W.C., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri IV (CPR IV): Die koptischen Rechtsurkunden der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna, 1958), 184.
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 | S00480 | Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita | Uncertain |
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