Greek account, from the Arsinoites (Fayum), concerning payments made by a church of *Phoibammon (probably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 7th/8th century.
E02230
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
CPR 22 60
This long list of money payments made and received for various items and people mentions the church of Phoibammon in lines 36 and 37 as follows:
r,FrB,2, 36:
☧ ὑπομνηστικώ(ν) τῶ(ν) δημο(σίων) (καὶ) ἐκφορ(ίων) [ -ca.?- ][ (FrA)] ̣ ̣ τῆ(ς) ἐκκλη(σίας) τοῦ ἁγίου Φοιβ(άμμωνος) πηλ( ) τοῦ κυροῦ †
'Memorandum of the public taxes and rents […] . . . of the church of the lord St Phoibammon Pel(…?) '
v,FrB, 37:
† ἐστὶ τὸ κ(α)θ(ὲν) τῶν δημο(σίων) μέ̣ρου(ς) ἐκκλη(σίας) τοῦ ἀγίου Φοιβ(άμμωνος) πηλ( ) τοῦ κυροῦ
'This is the breakdown of the taxes of the part of the church of the lord St Phoibammon Pel(…?)'
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;60
Cult building - independent (church)
Source
The papyrus document P.Vindob. G 25952 is housed at the papyrus collection in Vienna and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
The term Pel-() appears to be an epithet to Phoibammon, possibly Pelusium, a Fayum locality, but has so far not been attested elsewhere.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), 277–296.
Gesa Schenke
17/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00080 | Phoibammon, soldier and martyr of Assiut | Φοιβ(αμμων) | Uncertain |
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