Greek tax receipt from the Arsinoites (Fayum), mentioning a baker of an institution dedicated to *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); datable to the 8th century.
Evidence ID
E06452
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Documentary texts - Fiscal document
SB 18 13272
[† παρ(έσ)χ(εν)] Ἀπολλῶ σιλιγνιά(ριος) τῶ(ν) ἁγίων Κοσμᾶ
(καὶ) Δαμια̣[ν]ο̣ῦ̣
[ ca. 4]κ( )λ̣( ) τῶ(ν) ἁγίων ὑ(πὲρ) πρωσυνάξε(ως) ἡμέρα(ς) τῆ(ς)
ἁγία(ς) τ̣ε[οτ(ό)κ(ου)]
[σί(του) ἀρτ(άβης) τρίτον] δ̣ωδέκατον μό(νον). ἐγρά(φη) μ(ηνὶ)
Π(α)χ(ων) ̣ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ̣[
γί(νεται) σί(του) ἀρτ(άβης) γ´ ιβ ́.
'Apollo, the baker of saint Kosmas and Damianos ... the saints, has paid for the prosynaxis of the day of the holy God-bearer one third and one twelfth of an artaba of wheat only. It was written in the month Pachon, on the ... of the ... indiction.
Total 1/3 1/12 art. wheat.'
(Text and translation (adapted) after L. Berkes)
A complete record of the text can be found at:
http://www.papyri.info/ddbdp/sb;18;13272
Cult PlacesMonastery
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Hospital and other charitable institutions
Church
Source
This papyrus document is kept at the Papyrussammlung in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum P. 7884.Bibliography
Text and translation:Berkes, L., "Classical and Biblical Culture in Late Antique Egypt: Some Notes," Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 61 (2015), 428–430.
Poethke, G., Sijpesteijn, P.J., "Griechische Steuerquittungen früharabischer Zeit der Berliner Papyrus-Sammlung," Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete 33 (1987), 73-77.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
31/10/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00385 | Kosmas and Damianos, brothers, physician martyrs of Syria | Κοσμᾶ (καὶ) Δαμια̣[ν]ο̣ῦ̣ | Certain |
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