Coptic fiscal document from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt) mentioning a district of *Enoch (probably the Old Testament patriarch, S00762); datable to the 7th/8th century.
Evidence ID
E04324
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
P.Lond 4 1555
In line 23 of the document listing names of taxpayers, the following heading occurs:
μερ(ί)δ(ος) τοῦ ἁγίου Ενωχ
‘Of the district of saint Enoch:’
It might be a coincidence that among the twenty men listed in that category three are called Enoch (lines 26, 27, and 31), like their district saint. Another Enoch (line 37) occurs among the group of men assenting to this tax register and its payments.
(Text: W. E. Crum; trans. G. Schenke)
Cult Places
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintTowns, villages, districts and fortresses
Source
The papyrus document Or. 6230 (66) is kept at the British Library in London.Discussion
For other documents testifying to districts, or institutions, of Aphrodito named after saints Viktor, Philotheos or Enoch: E04310, E04314 and E04326.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
9/1/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00762 | Enoch, Old Testament patriarch | Ἐνώχ | Uncertain |
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