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) ἀρτ(αβῶν) μβ
ἀφʼ (ὧν) (οὗτως)
εἰ(ς) τ(ὸν) Ἅγι(ον) Στέφ(ανον) (καὶ) εἰ(ς) τ(ὸν) Ἅγι(ον) Κυριακ(ὸν) ἀρτ(άβης) 𐅷
‘Account of 42 artabas of vegetables
out of which:
To saint Stephanos (and) to saint Kyriakos: 2/3 of an artaba.’
(Text: 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 ActivityBequests, 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
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00007 | Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of Tarsus | Κυριακός | Uncertain | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | Στέφανος | Uncertain |
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