Two small fragments of a papyrus, of unknown purpose or origin, refer to bodies of the saints. Written in Latin, perhaps in Italy, c. 500.
Evidence ID
E08423
Type of EvidenceDocumentary texts
Documentary textsLate antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet
Tjäder P. 54
tollatur, homines domni p//raef[ecti ....]u[..]d[../.......]
et corpora sanctorum // [..]ran[.]ra[.]d[.../.....]
mihi a domno praefect[o] // d[..]ocant[..] [...]no[..../.....]
s[u]sc[ri]btam et te[....//..........................]
'was brought, men of the lord prefect (...?)
and bodies of the saints (...?)
to me from the lord prefect (...?)
subscribed and (...?)'
Text: Tjäder 1955-82: ii. 231-3.
Translation: B. Savill
RelicsBodily relic - unspecified
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Bodily relic - unspecified
Transfer, translation and deposition of relics
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOfficials
Source
These fragments of papyrus (55/65 x 115/35 mm) are now catalogued as Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, Pap. 1 B-C, recto. Tjäder's edition only tentatively locates the production of the text to Italy. c. 500; the fragments came to Basel in the sixteenth century.For the later text written on the other side of this papyrus, see E08422.
Discussion
Tjäder suggests that the text may have originally been a copy of a record of martyrial Acts, but this identification is far from secure.Bibliography
EditionDie nichtliterarischen lateinischen Papyri Italiens aus der Zeit 445-700, ed. J.-O. Tjäder, 2 vols (Lund and Stockholm, 1955-82).
Record Created By
Benjain Savill
Date of Entry
04/03/2023
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | sancti | Certain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | sancti | Certain |
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