Greek receipt from Arsinoiton Polis (Fayum) concerning a salary payment, involving a deacon of an institution dedicated to *George (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00259); datable to the 7th century.
Evidence ID
E06114
Type of Evidence
Documentary texts - Other private document
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
P.Grenf. 1 68=SPP 3 128
The two parties involved in the financial transaction are a deacon of a local institution dedicated to saint George and a decorator named Apahor.
† ἔχω ἐγὼ Γεώργιος σὺν θεῷ διάκο(νος)
τοῦ ἁγίου Γεωργίου Παρεμβολ(ῆς),
παρὰ σοῦ ἄπα Ὦρ βαφ(έως) (ὑπὲρ) τοῦ ἐμοῦ
μισθ(οῦ) χρ(υσοῦ) νό(μισμα) α, χρυσοῦ νόμισμα
ἕν. ἐγράφη μηνὶ Μεσορὴ ιε ιγ ἰνδ(ικτιόνος).
'I, George, by God, deacon of saint George of (the district of) Parembole, received from you, Apa Hor/Apahor, decorator, for my salary, 1 gold coin: gold coin one. Written in the month Mesore, day 15, of the 13th indiction.'
(Text: F. Mitthof; trans.: G. Schenke)
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Cult PlacesChurch
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintChurch
Monastery
Source
The papyrus document Pap. F 117 is kept at Trinity College Dublin.Bibliography
Text and translation:Grenfell, B. P., An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment and other Greek Papyri chiefly Ptolemaic (P.Grenf. 1) (Oxford, 1896).
Wessely, C., Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats (P.Kl. Form. 1), Studien zur Palaeographie und Papyruskunde vol. 3 (Leipzig, 1904).
Mitthof, F., Schuldscheine und Quittungen, Griechische Papyrusurkunden kleineren Formats Neuedition, III2, Pt. 2 (Vienna, 2007).
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
16/8/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00259 | George, soldier and martyr, and Companions | Γεώργιος | Uncertain |
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