Greek lease from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning an area of the city named after *Euphemia (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017); dated 26 July 568.
Evidence ID
E02276
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 7 1038:
Lease of a room on the ground floor of a house, which describes the location of the property as being in an area named after saint Euphemia.
Lines 20–23 read as follows:
ἀπὸ οἰκίας νευούσης
ἐπὶ νότον διακειμ(ένης) ἐπὶ ταύτης
τῆς πόλεως ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου
τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας
'… of a house facing south situated in this city [in the quarter] of saint Euphemia, …'
Text and translation: A.S. Hunt
A complete record of the text, with images, can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;7;1038
Places Named after SaintTowns, villages, districts and fortresses
Towns, villages, districts and fortresses
Other
Source
The papyrus belongs now to Allentown, Muhlenberg College; number unknown.Bibliography
Edition:Hunt, A.S., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri vol. VII, Published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1910), 180–182.
See further literature at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;7;1038
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
25/1/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00017 | Euphemia, martyr of Chalcedon | Uncertain |
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