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Artefact ID1273
TM IDTM 10525
Findspot (DEChriM ID)41   (Kūm Awšīm)
ClassTextual
MaterialPapyrus
Writing mediumSheet/roll
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

P.Coll.Youtie II 77; P.Col. VII 171: Petition to the Praepositus Pagi.

Petition in which Aurelius Isidoros complains in vivid details about the irruption of the cattle of two men: as he was leading a cow away he was assaulted and Antoninos, deacon (diakon) and Isak, a monk (monachos) helped him.

Oldest attestation of the word monachos in the papyri, see Judge 1977 and Wipszycka 2001.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions, Mention of Christian individuals/communities, Christian onomastics
Date from324
Date to324
Dating criteria

Dated June 6th, 324.

Absolute/relative dateAbsolute date
Archaeological context


Accession number

New York, Columbia University P.Col. inv. 187.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference edition

• Bagnall, Roger S. and Lewis, Naphtali. 1979. Columbia Papyri VII, Fourth Century Documents from Karanis. Missoula, no. 171.

Editio princeps

• Lewis, Naphtali. 1976. Collectanea Papyrologica: Texts Published in Honor of H.C. Youtie, ed. by numerous contributors under the direction of A.E. Hanson. Bonn 1976, vol. II, no. 77.

Additional bibliography

• Bryen, Ari Z. 2013. Violence in Roman Egypt. Philadelphia, 260 no. 100 (translation).

• Horsley, G.H.R. 1981. New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity. A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Publishes in 1976. Macquarie, 124-126: no. 81, "The Earliest Attested Monk".

• Judge, Edwin Arthur. 1977. "The Earliest Use of Monachos for 'Monk' (P.Coll.Youtie 77)". Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum 20, 72-79.

• Wipszycka, Ewa. 2001. "P.Col. VII 171 Revisited." In Essays and texts in honour of J. D. Thomas, edited by T.Gagos and R. Bagnall. Am. Stud. Pap. 42. Oakville, 45-50. 

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1273", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1273
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