Greek list concerning grain payments for cleaning services at saints' feasts, mentioning the feast of Apa *Sion (Arsinoite saint, S01177), from the region of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) or the Fayum (Lower Egypt); datable to the 5th century.
Evidence ID
E02164
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
CPR 9 68
βρέπιων καθάρ(σεως)
οὕτως
ἐν ἡμέρ(ᾳ) τοῦ ἁγίου ἄπα Σίωνος
σίτ(ου) (ἀρτάβαι) β
5
ἐν ἡμέρ(ᾳ) τοῦ ἁγίου ἄπ̣[α ̣ ̣ ̣]
[σ]ί̣[τ(ου) (ἀρτάβαι) -ca.?- ]
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'List of cleaning (activity) as follows:
On the feast day of saint Apa Sion: two artabas of wheat.
On the feast day of saint Apa […]: […] artabas of wheat.
…’
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;68
Festivals
Saint’s feast
Source
The papyrus P.Vindob. G 25430 is housed at the papyrus collection at Vienna. The inventory number suggested a provenance from the area of Hermopolis, although a saint Apa Sion or Apasion is so far only attested in the area of the Fayum (Arsinoites). The text has been dated to the 5th century on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The payments mentioned here in measures of wheat are mentioning the place of cleaning, most likely the church or monastery of Apa Sion rather than a town district or street named after the saint. The recipients of the payment are not mentioned.A monastery of Apa Sion is known from the area of the Fayum, see E02180 , as well as E02181
Bibliography
Edition:Diethart, J.M., Corpus Papyrorum Raineri vol. 9, Griechische Texte 6 (Vienna, 1984), 87–88.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 191.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
27/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01177 | Sion or Apasion, saint venerated in the Fayum | ἄπα Σίων | Certain |
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