Greek document concerning tax payments in grain, of unknown Egyptian provenance, mentioning an institution dedicated to *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E02228
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CPR 22 15
The documents refers to taxes on land payable in grain.
Line 2 reads:
[ -ca.?- ] ̣ο̣ ̣ τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Μην(ᾶ)
'[…] … of saint Menas …'
Text and Italian translation: F. Morelli
English translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text, with images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;22;15
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus document P.Vindob. G 39754 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The taxes may be due on a church or even a monastery of Menas, though the fragmentary nature of the document does not permit any certain conclusions.Bibliography
Edition:Morelli, F., Documenti greci per la fiscalità e la amministrazione dell'Egitto arabo, Corpus Papyrorum Raineri vol. XXII, Griechische Texte XV (Vienna, 2001), 76–79.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
16/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain |
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