Coptic fiscal document from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) mentioning a monastery of *Mary (presumably Mary, Mother of Christ, S00033); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04323
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
P.Lond 4 1552
The presbyter and proestos (superior) Phoibamon assents to the tax payment presented for the monastery of Mary, the latter appearing in abbreviated Greek script:
+ ὄρου(ς) ἁγί(ας) Μαρί(ας) δ(ιὰ) αββ(α) Φοιβ(άμμωνος) προεστῶ(τος) νο(μίσματα) γ
‘Of the monastery of saint Mary, through Abba Phoibamon the proestos: three and a half solidi.’
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Source
The papyrus document Or. 6230 (13) is kept at the British Library in London.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
9/1/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Μαρία | Uncertain |
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