Greek receipt concerning rent payments, mentioning a monastery of Apa *Sion (saint venerated in the Fayum, S01177), of unknown Egyptian provenance; datable to the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02180
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
SPP 3 273 (Stud.Pal. 3 273)
Fragment 2:
†̣ π(αρὰ) Πραν[ -ca.?- ]
τησου ἀπὸ μονῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἄπα Σίωνος ̣[ -ca.?- ]
νομισμ(άτιον) ἓν παρὰ κεράτια ἓξ . ἐγράφ(η) μην(ὶ) [ -ca.?- ]
'Through Pran[…] from the monastery of saint Apa Sion […] 1 solidus minus 6 carats. Written in the month of […]’
Text: C. Wessely
Translation: G. Schenke
For a full record of this document complete with image see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/stud.pal;3;273
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Source
The fragmentary papyrus document, G 11203, belongs to the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
A saint Apa Sion is also mentioned in E02181.Bibliography
Edition:Wessely, C., Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde III, Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats (P.Kl. Form. I) (Leipzig, 1904), No. 273.
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
27/12/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01177 | Sion or Apasion, saint venerated in the Fayum | Σίων | Certain |
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