Greek lease of an epaulis (rural dwelling) from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), addressing the dikaion of an oratory of *John the Baptist (S00020); dated 8 July 551.
Evidence ID
E02163
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
CPR 9 32, lines 6–8 read as follows:
τῷ δικαίῳ το̣ῦ̣ ἁγίου̣ εὐκτηρίου [ἄ]ββα Ἰωάννου
βαπτιστο̣ῦ̣ κα̣λ̣[ο]υμένου Περιπάτου το̣ῦ̣ διακει[μ]ένου
ἐπὶ τῆς Ἑρμουπ̣[ο]λ̣ιτῶν δ̣ι̣ὰ̣ Ζα̣χα̣ρ̣ί̣[ο]υ̣ ο̣ἰ̣κ[ονόμου]
'To the dikaion of the holy oratory of Abba John the Baptist, of the so-called Peripatos, located at Hermopolis, represented through Zacharias, the oikonomos, […] …’
Text and German translation: W.C. Till
English translation: G. Schenke
A full record of the document complete with image is available at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;9;32
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Non Liturgical ActivityAppropriation of older cult sites
Source
The papyrus document P.Vindob. G. 13309 and 13356 gives an exact date and regnal year of the emperor Justinian. The document belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna.Discussion
For the same reference to Peripatos, most likely a location, for institutions of John the Baptist at Hermopolis, see E06815 and E06816.The oratory here acts as the lessor of a rural property (epaulis). A man named Zacharias, the oikonomos (steward) of the oratory seems to have arranged the lease and acts as the representative of the addressed dikaion of the oratory in this contract.
Bibliography
Text and translation:Diethart, J.M., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri vol. 9, Griechische Texte 6 (Vienna, 1984), 46–47.
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
29/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | [ἄ]ββα Ἰωάννης βαπτιστής | Certain |
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