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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Greek land lease, from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning an oratory dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); datable to the first half of the 7th century.

Evidence ID

E02374

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Lease or rental document

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

BGU 19 2815

The lease concerns a jointly owned property, one of the parties being an oratory dedicated to Mary. Lines 7–8 read as follows:

κατὰ κοινωνί[αν] τοῦ εὐαγοῦς ε[ὐ]κ̣τηρίου τῆς ἁγίας Μ̣α̣ρία̣ς̣

'… jointly with the holy oratory of saint Mary …'


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;2815

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified

Source

The fragmentary papyrus document, P. 21830, 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), 123–124.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

13/2/2017

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00033Mary, Mother of ChristΜαρίαCertain


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