Greek donation document from Memphis (Lower Egypt), mentioning the monastery there of *Ieremias (saint of Saqqara, S00773); dated 17 September 545.
E02168
Documentary texts - Donation document
CPR 10 122v:
Only the beginning of the donation document is preserved, so that both the reason for the donation and a list of the objects given, is missing.
† Δωρεαστικ(ὸν) διαφόρων πραγμ(άτων) ὑπὸ Ἀφφο̣ῦ̣
πρωτοαναγνώστο(υ) ἐποικ(ίου) Μητροδώρου εἰς
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τὸ εὐαγῖ μοναστήρ(ιον) τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰερημίου τοῦ ἐν τῷ
ὄρι Μέμφ(εως) διὰ σοῦ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ θεοσεβ(εστάτου) Ἀλεξ̣ί̣δου προ(εστῶτος)
καὶ ἀρχιμανδρίτ(ου) καὶ Δανιηλίο̣υ̣ [ -ca.?- ] ̣ καὶ
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'Donation of various objects made by Apphos, the first reader of the hamlet of Metrodoros, to the holy monastery of saint Ieremias on the mountain of Memphis, represented through you, the most pious Alexides, the provost and archimandrite, and through Daniel, [the …] and … '
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;10;122
Cult building - monastic
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - abbots
Ecclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
The papyrus P.Vindob. G 26255 belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna.Discussion
The date of the document is given on the recto (front) of the papyrus: the 19th year of the reign of Justinian.Bibliography
Edition:Diethart, J., "122. Schenkungsurkunde," in: H. Harrauer et al. (ed.), Corpus Papyrorum Raineri X, Griechische Texte VII (Vienna, 1986), 145–146.
Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 424.
Gesa Schenke
12/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00773 | Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of Saqqara | Ἰερημίας | Certain |
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