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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic account from Edfu/Apollonopolis (Upper Egypt) concerning the delivery of measures of vegetables, mentioning institutions dedicated to *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, S00007) and Stephen (possibly the First Martyr, S00030) receiving a delivery/donation; datable to the second half of the 7th century.

Evidence ID

E04144

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - List

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

P.Apoll. 99

The list of recipients of vegetable measures from a total of 42 artabas includes also a reader, a carpenter, and a camel driver. While they seem to receive their amounts as payment, the two institutions dedicated to the saints presumably acquire it as a donation.
Lines 1–3 read as follows:

† λόγ(ος) λαχ(άνων) ρτ(αβν) μβ
φʼ (ν) (οτως)
ε
(ς) τ(ν) γι(ον) Στέφ(ανον) (κα) ε(ς) τ(ν) γι(ον) Κυριακ(ν) ρτ(άβης) 𐅷

‘Account of 42
artabas of vegetables
out of which:
To saint Stephanos (and) to saint Kyriakos: 2/3 of an
artaba.’


(T
ext: R. Rémondon; trans.: G. Schenke)

A complete record of the text is available at:

http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.apoll;;99



Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified

Non Liturgical Activity

Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings

Source

The papyrus document Cairo IFAO C 115 is currently kept at the IFAO in Cairo. Its dating is based on find context and script.


Bibliography

Text and French translation:
Rémondon, R., Papyrus grecs d'Apollônos Anô (Documents de fouilles de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire 19; Cairo, 1953).


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

13/10/2017

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00007Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of TarsusΚυριακόςUncertain
S00030Stephen, the First MartyrΣτέφανοςUncertain


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