Greek list of payments from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), mentioning receipts written on ostraka concerning districts or institutions named after *Viktor (probably the son of Romanos, S00749), *Philotheos (probably the child martyr of Antioch, S00878) and *Enoch (probably the Old Testament patriarch, S00762), as well as a hamlet dedicated to Pinoution (saint with cult at Aphrodito, S01613); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E04310
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - List
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Lond 4 1459
Lines 7, 9 and 11 mention receipts written on ostraka concerning a district named after an institution dedicated to Viktor:
ὄστρα(κον) Ἁγί\ου/ Βίκ(τωρος) [ -ca.?- ]
'Ostracon of (the district of) saint Viktor'
Line 26 mentions a receipt written on ostraka concerning institutions dedicated to Philotheos, to Enoch and to Viktor:
[ὄ]στρ(ακον) Ἁγί\ου/ Φιλο[θ(έου)] νο(μίσματα) ζ ὄστρ(ακον) Ἁγί\ου/ Ἐν̣ὼ̣χ [νο(μίσματα)] ζ̣ ὄστρ(ακον)Ἁγί\[ου]/ Βίκ(τωρος) νο(μίσματα) ζ̣ [ -ca.?- ]
Line 52 mentions a hamlet of Pinoution:
ἐποικ(ίου) Ἁγί\ου/ Πιν[ουτ(ίωνος) -ca.?- ]
'of the hamlet of saint Pinoution'
For a complete record of the document see:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.lond;4;1459
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintTowns, villages, districts and fortresses
Source
London, British Library Pap 1418.Discussion
These ostraka 'of' saints Viktor, Philotheos and Enoch seem to record payments, either from the three districts of Aphrodito that are known from other documents to have been named after these saints (see E04326, E04314, E04318, and E04324), or from the institutions (presumably churches or monasteries) after which the districts were named.Enoch could be the Old Testament patriarch; but, outside the Holy Land, Old Testament figures were rarely the subject of church dedications in our period; so he may have been a local martyr or holy man.
Bibliography
Text:Bell, H.I., and Crum, W.E., Greek Papyri in the British Museum. London IV: The Aphrodito Papyri (London, 1910).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
20/12/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | Βίκτωρ | Uncertain | S00762 | Enoch, Old Testament patriarch | Ἐνώχ | Uncertain | S00878 | Philotheos, child martyr of Antioch | Φιλόθεος | Uncertain | S01613 | Pinoution, saint with cult in Aphrodito, possibly the bishop of Antinoopolis associated with Kollouthos, physician and martyr | Πινουτίων | Certain |
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