Greek order to a wine-merchant, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), to deliver wine to the 'widows of Saint *Viktor' (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749); datable to the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02312
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 16 1956:
This order is addressed to a wine-merchant to deliver one double jar of wine to the 'widows of saint Viktor'.
Βίκτορι οἰνοπράτῃ.
δὸς ταῖς χήρ(αις) τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Βίκτορος̣
οἴν(ου) δι(πλοῦν) α μ(όνον). Με̣σορὴ ιϛ
ἰνδ(ικτίονος) ε̣ ἀ̣ρχ̣(ῇ) ϛ.
'To Viktor, wine-merchant. Give to the widows of saint Viktor 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;1956
Places Named after Saint
Hospital and other charitable institutions
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The fragmentary document was found at Oxyrhynchos. It is housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Discussion
Very similar documents are E02130, E02310 and E02311, 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 | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | Βίκτωρ | Uncertain |
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