Greek fiscal codex from the village of Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning a church and a monastery dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); dated to the year 716/717.
E02223
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex
P.Lond 4 1419,
Folio 13, line 415 reads as follows:
ἀπὸ μον(αστηρίου) Ἁγί(ας) Μ[α]ρ[ίας -ca.?- ]
'From the monastery of saint Mary [….'
Folio 14, line 435 reads as follows:
(ὑπὲρ) μον(αστηρίου) Ἁγί(ας) Μαρίας [ -ca.?- ]
'On behalf of the monastery of saint Mary […]'
Folio16b, line 533 a church dedicated to Mary is mentioned:
[δ(ιὰ) ἐκκλ(ησίας) Ἁγί](ας) Μαρί[ας] τ[ῆ](ς) κώμ[η](ς)
Likewise in line 833 a church of Mary occurs:
μέρ(ους) τ\οῦ/ α(ὐ)τ(οῦ) (ὑπὲρ) ἐκκλ(ησίας) Ἁγί(ας) Μαρίας ἐπι( ) (κεράτια) γ 𐅵 γ´ σί(του) ἀρτ(άβης) γ´ μη´ δ(ιὰ) υἱ(*)ῶν Διανε
In line 1379 it is again the monastery that is mentioned:
[ἀ]πὸ μον[(αστηρίου)] Ἁγί(ας) Μαρί[ας -ca.?- ]
Text: H.I. Bell
Translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text, as well as images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.lond;4;1419
Cult building - monastic
Cult building - independent (church)
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The papyrus codex listing taxpayers belongs in part to the British Library in London,Pap 1442, and in part to the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, P. 25006.Bibliography
Edition:Bell, H.I., The Aphrodito Papyri, Greek Papyri in the British Museum IV (London, 1910).
Gesa Schenke
5/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Μαρία | Certain |
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