Evidence ID
E02231
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 1 141 (= SPP 8 1155)
Order from John, a comes, to his servant Phoibammon to make wine payments to various individuals, among whom is a doorkeeper of a church or monastery dedicated to John.
Lines 3–4 read as follows:
τῷ θυρουρ(ῷ) τοῦ ἁγίου
Ἰωάννου διὰ Φῖβ συμμάχ(ου) δι(πλοῦν) α,
'For the doorkeeper of saint John, through Phib, the symmachos, one double jar (of wine).'
Text: B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt
Translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the text, with images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;1;141
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
The papyrus 10096 is located in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.Discussion
The payments are made in double jars (dipla) of wine. Other recipients are a carpenter, a policeman, as well as fishermen and guards.The 'John' of this shrine is presumably either the Apostle and Evangelist, or the Baptist, but there is no indication which.
Bibliography
Edition:B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. I, Published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs, London 1898, 226–227.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
18/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | Uncertain | S00042 | John, the Apostle and Evangelist | Ἰωάννης | Uncertain |
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