Greek antichretic loan, from Alexandria, mentioning a martyrion of *John the Baptist (S00020); dated to the year 499/500.
Evidence ID
E02357
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Oxy. 63 4395
This loan document involves Flavius Iulianus who had previously borrowed a much larger sum of money from someone else, see E02356. He states his residency as near the martyr shrine of John the Baptist, lines 2–4:
Φλ(άουϊος) Ἰουλιανὸς λ[αμπρότατος τριβοῦνος υἱὸς τοῦ τῆς]
μακαρίας μνήμ̣[ης Εὐσεβίου οἰκῶν] π̣λησ̣ί̣ο̣ν̣ τ̣[οῦ μαρτυρίου]
τοῦ ἁγίου Βαπτιστοῦ [ἐν τ]ο̣ῖς ἰδίοις
'Flavius Julianus, vir clarissimus, tribune, son of Eusebius of blessed memory, resident near the martyrium of St John the Baptist on his own premises, …'
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;63;4395
Cult Places
Martyr shrine (martyrion, bet sāhedwātā, etc.)
Places Named after SaintTowns, villages, districts and fortresses
Source
The document in the form of a papyrus roll comes from Alexandria, but was possibly found at Oxyrhynchos and is now housed in the Sackler Library at Oxford.Discussion
This martyr shrine of John the Baptist was located in Alexandria. The shrine, and the man involved in this transaction, are the same as those recorded in E02356.Bibliography
Edition and translation:Rea, J.R.,, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LΧIII, published by the Egypt Exploration Society in Graeco-Roman Memoirs (London, 1996), 132–146.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
10/2/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | ὁ Βαπτιστής | Certain |
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