Greek order to a wine-merchant, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), to deliver wine to the 'widows of *Kosmas and Damianos' (brothers, physicians martyrs of Syria, S00385); datable to the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02311
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 16 1955
An order addressed to a wine-merchant to deliver one double jar of wine to the 'widows of Kosmas and Damianos':
Βίκτορ̣ι οἰν̣ο̣π̣ρά̣τῃ.
δὸς ταῖς χήρ(αις) τοῦ̣ ἁγί(ου) Κο̣σ̣μᾶ
κ̣α̣ὶ̣ Δαμιαν̣ο̣ῦ̣ [ο]ἴ̣ν̣(ου) δι(πλοῦν) α μ̣(όνον).
Μεσορὴ ιϛ ἰν̣δ̣(ικτίονος) ε ἀρκ(ῇ) ϛ.
'To Viktor, wine-merchant. Give to the widows of saint Kosmas and Damianos one double jar of wine only. Mesore 16, indiction 5, beginning of 6.'
Summary and text: B. P. Grenfell, A. S. Hunt, and H. I. Bell
Translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;16;1955
Places Named after Saint
Hospital and other charitable institutions
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The document was found at Oxyrhynchos and is now housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford. it has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
Very similar documents are E02130, E02310 and E02312, written by the same scribe on the same day, and addressed to the same wine-merchant (and E02126, by the same scribe and to the same wine-merchant, but on a different day), all ordering wines for charitable distribution to the widows of individual churches.Bibliography
Edition:Grenfell, B.P., Hunt, A.S., and Bell, H.I., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XVI, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1924), 219.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
7/2/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00385 | Kosmas and Damianos, brothers, physician martyrs of Syria | Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός | Certain |
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