Greek list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a presbyter from an institution dedicated to Apa *Horouonchios (saint with cult at Aphrodito and Hermopolis, S01187); datable to the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02211
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
P.Cairo Masp. 3 67288:
This list of taxpayers from the village of Aphrodito is from the archive of Dioscoros.
Col. 6v, line 1:
☧ Ἰωσῆφις πρεσβ(ύτερος(?)) ἄπα Ἑρο(υ)ωγ̣[χ]ι̣(ου)
'Joseph, the presbyter of Apa Herouonchios'
Text: J. Maspero
Translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.cair.masp;3;67288
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document JE45194 belongs to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The same saint can be found in E02156, E02158, E02208, E02209, E02210, and E02212.Bibliography
Edition:Maspero, J., Papyrus grecs d'époque byzantine, Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire III (Cairo, 1916).
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 | ἄπα Ἑρο(υ)ωγ̣[χ]ι̣(ος) | Certain |
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