Greek fiscal document from the area of Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning payments made by a small oratory of *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); dated either to the year 618/619 or 633/634
Evidence ID
E02208
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex
P.Sorb. 2 69, fragment 56.D, line 7
[δ(ιὰ) τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Ὡρουω]γχίου μικ(ροῦ) εὐκτ(ηρίου) (ἀρτάβης) 𐅵
'Through saint Horouonchios, the small oratory, half an artaba.'
Text: J. Gascou
English translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.sorb;2;69
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus document belongs in part to Paris, Sorbonne, Institut de Papyrologie 2227 (1-69), and in part to Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale P. gr. 1442 - 1485, P. gr. 1574 and P. gr. 1794. The document is dated by the indiction year, which could be either one of two possible years within the first half of the 7th century.Discussion
The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02209, E02210, E02211, and E02212.Bibliography
Text and Translation:Gascou, J., Un Codex fiscal Hermopolite (P.Sorb. II 69), Papyrus de la Sorbonne II, American Studies in Papyrology XXXII, No. 69 (Atlanta, 1994).
Further reading:
O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 151.
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 222–223.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
3/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01187 | Herouodj/Horouonchios, saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis | [Ὡρουώ]γχιος | Certain |
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