Greek account, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), listing, among payments for various churches, one to a church of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181); dated to the year 590.
Evidence ID
E02315
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 19 2243a:
This is an account from the estate of the Apions, listing payments and income in money and wheat. Among the entries are many concerning expenses paid for village churches (lines 76–78), among which there is one dedicated to saint Michael, line 77:
εἰς τὸν Ἀρχάγ[γ]ε̣λ̣ον Μιχαὴλ (ἀρτάβαι) β νο̣(μίσματος) δ´ π(αρὰ) δ´
'To the Archangel Michael, 2 artabas, 1/4 of a solidus minus 1/4 .'
Summary and text: E. Lobel, E. P. Wegener, C. H. Roberts 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;19;2243A
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
The document was found in Oxyrhynchos and is housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.Discussion
The entry is similar to the account P.Oxy. 16 1912, line 119, see E02304, and P.Oxy. 18 2195, line 88, see E02314.Bibliography
Edition:Lobel, E., Wegener, E.P., Roberts, C.H., and Bell, H.I., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri XIX, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1948).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
8/2/2017
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00181 | Michael, the Archangel | Μιχαὴλ | Certain |
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