Greek annual account of an estate steward, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning a martyr shrine (martyrion) of *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134); dated to the year 566.
Evidence ID
E02352
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 55 3804:
This extensive annual account, dated to the year 566, records the income and expenses of the large Apion estate. Amongst payments to tenants, employees, craftsmen, and churches, made in measures of wheat, there is also one listed to the martyr shrine of Serenos, line 164:
εἰς τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγί(ου) Σερήνου κατὰ δωρεὰν Ἀπολλῶ υἱ(*)οῦ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου ἐν κτήμα(τι) Ταρουθίνου
'To the martyrium of St Serenus according to a grant of Apollos son of the bishop in the holding of Taruthinu, …'
Text and translation: J. R. Rea
A complete record of the document with images and bibliography can be found at: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;55;3804
Cult Places
Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
Source
This extensive document is a continuous papyrus roll consisting of twenty two sheets joined together. It was found in Oxyrhynchos and is now housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.Bibliography
Edition:Rea, J.R., The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LV, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1988), 95–144.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
10/2/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00134 | Sirenos/Serenos, saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos | Σερῆνος | Uncertain |
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