Greek antichretic loan, from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a canal named after *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641); dated 9 January 582.
Evidence ID
E02375
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
BGU 19 2837
In this very fragmentary contract between vegetable sellers from Hermopolis, one of them receives a payment, before parameters of a loan and interest in kind to be provided are discussed. Something seems to either have been located near the canal or was intended to be transported on it.
Lines 9–10 read as follows:
τῆς διώρυκος τοῦ ἁγίου Κολλούθου ἐν πεδιάδι [κώμης -ca.?- ] ̣
'[…] … of the canal of saint Kollouthos in the plain [of the village …]'
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;2837
Places Named after Saint
Other
Source
This very fragmentary papyrus document, P. 25014, is housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin.Discussion
The canal mentioned is likely to be an irrigation canal, possibly located near or on a plain belonging to a church or monastery dedicated to Kollouthos.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), 169–172.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
14/2/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | Κολλοῦθος | Certain |
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