Greek receipt for rent, from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), concerning a property owned by a monastery or church of *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007); datable to the second half of the 6th century.
Evidence ID
E02351
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
BGU 19 2795
In this document a steward named Paul acknowledges receipt of a certain amount of money from a property belonging to an institution dedicated to Kyriakos.
Line 2 reads as follows:
ἐδεξάμην παρά σου ἀπὸ τοῦ φόρου τοῦ ἁγίου Κυριακοῦ
'… I have received from you from the rent of saint Kyriakos …'
Text and German translation: H. Maehler
English translation: G. Schenke
A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/bgu;19;2795
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This fragmentary papyrus document, P. 21841, from Hermopolis, is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin and has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Maehler, H., et al. Urkunden aus Hermupolis (Aegyptische Urkunden aus den Königlichen (later Staatlichen) Museen zu Berlin, Griechische Urkunden XIX; Munich, 2005), 86.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
13/2/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00007 | Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus | Κυριακός | Uncertain |
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