Greek private letter of unknown Egyptian provenance mentioning a shrine (topos) dedicated to *Menas (presumably the soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073); datable to the 5th century.
Evidence ID
E04286
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Letter
P.Alex inv. 209
0[ -ca.?- ] θαυμασιωτάτῳ καὶ
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ τ]άτῳ καὶ εὐ[λαβ]εστάτῳ κ(αὶ) περιβλέπτῳ
[κυ]ρίῳ ἡμῶν [π]α[ρὰ] Ωθεου γεούχου
[τ(οῦ) τό]που τ(οῦ) ἁ[γίου] Μηνᾶ· πρὸ μὲν πάντων
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προσκυνο(*) καὶ ὑ(*)μνο(*) τὴν σὴν μεγαλο-
πρεπεστατω(*). κατὼς(*) ἔγραψει(*) ἡ ἀρετή σο[υ]
διὰ τῶν καμήλων οὐδὶς(*) κολυσεν(*) αὐτοῖ[ς -ca.?- ]
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ἔρρ(ωσο) πολλοῖς
χρόνοις
For a full record of the document see:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.alex;;inv209
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Source
This papyrus document P. 209 is housed at Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum. The dating is on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text:Swiderek, A., and Vandoni, M., Papyrus grecs du Musée Gréco-Romain d'Alexandrie (Travaux du Centre d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne de l'Académie Polonaise des Sciences 2; Warsaw, 1964). Nos. 1—40 on pp. 47—79; otherwise a catalogue of descriptions and other material relating to the Alexandria papyri, p. 43.
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.alex;;inv209
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
6/11/2017
ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain |
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