Coptic document from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) concerning the receipt of a rent payment for land, issued by a deacon of a church dedicated to *Kollouthos (presumably the physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04039
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Lease or rental document
KSB 1 243
In this document a deacon is acting on behalf of the legal body (dikaion) of a church dedicated to Kollouthos issuing a receipt for a rent payment received.
Lines 1–5 read as follows:
⳨ ⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲡⲩⲗⲏ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲅⲣⲏⲅⲟⲣⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲉⲗⲁⲭ(ⲓⲥ)ⲧ(ⲟⲥ) ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟ(ⲛⲟⲥ) ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲯⲁϩ ⲗⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩ
ⲯⲁ ⲛⲗⲁⲭⲁⲛⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁϫⲓ
‘The legal body (dikaion) of saint Kollouthos at the gate, through me, Gregorios, the least deacon, I am writing to the master Loulou, the vegetable seller. I have received …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka, trans. G. Schenke)
Cult PlacesCult building - independent (church)
Cult building - independent (church)
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This papyrus document, P.Beatty Copt. inv. 2177.7, belongs to the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin. The document has been dated on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text:Hasitzka, M.R.M., Koptisches Sammelbuch I (KSB I) (Vienna, 1993), 92.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
26/9/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00641 | Kollouthos, physician and martyr of Antinoopolis | ⲕⲟⲗⲗⲟⲩⲑⲉ | Uncertain |
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