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Presbyter Octavianus of Faventia transfers his property, a house with a garden, partly as a donation and partly as a lease, to the merchant Martinus and his wife Aurilia from Ravenna. The document of donation on papyrus, first half of the 7th century, drafted in Ravenna.
P.25
 
1   [qui]bus [o]ṃn[i]ḅ[us s(upra)s(crip)tis stipula]tion[e . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . ]
2   Actum Ravenna, imperio, anno, die et ind(ictione) s(upra)s(crip)ta. χ() μ() γ() + Octavianus,
3   pr(es)b(yter) s(an)c(t)ae Fav(entinae) eccl(esiae), haṇc̣ p̣[a]c̣ti, c̣[o]nṿentionis donationisque chartul(am)
4   sex unciarum principal(ium) in integro domucelle eṭ [o]ṛṭicelli seu in-
5   fyteusis citeris sex unciis integro predicte domucelle et orticelli
6   cum omnibus ad easdem pertinentibus, a me facta in vovis, Martino v(iro) h(onesto) ne-
7   gutiature et Aurilia h(onesta) f(emina) iugales, sicut superius legitur, religi, consensi
8   et suscripsi, et testis a me rogitis optuli subscrivendum eorumque pre-
9   sentiạ desuper s(an)c(t)a evvangelia contradidi +
10 [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .] ḥ[anc . . . . . . . .16. . . . . . . .]
 
(ed. Tjäder 1955: 380)
P.25
 
... about all those above-mentioned things a stipulation [and a promise had been made?] In Ravenna, during the same reign and in the same year, day and indiction as above.  χ() μ() γ() + , I, Octavianus, presbyter of the holy church in Faventia, have reread, agreed and sign this charter of contract and donation made by me about the six twelfths of the whole house and garden and the remaining six twelfths of the aforementioned house and garden let as emphyteusis with everything that belongs to them to you, Martin, aN honourable man, trader, and Aurilia, an honourable woman, the spouses, as is read above, and I have shown them to the witnesses asked by me to come to the signing and I handed them over in their presence ...
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Discussion:

χ() μ() γ() is a characteristic marker of Christian texts and it frequently appears on inscriptions and on papyri. Its origin and meaning is debated and it might have differed depending on the context, see Tjäder 1970.

Place of event:

Region
  • Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia
City
  • Ravenna
  • Faventia

About the source:

Origin: Ravenna (Italy north of Rome with Corsica and Sardinia)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The document on papyrus confirming a donation and a lease of the property was probably drafted in Ravenna in the first half of the 7th century (in the text the date is given only by reference to another document, so the papyrus is dated on a palaeographical basis). The dimensions: 15 cm height, 32 cm length. Now the papyrus is kept in Archivio di Stato in Milan. See Tjäder 1955: 376-380, 475-476.
Edition:
G. Marini, I papiri diplomatici, Roma 1805, no. 112
J.-O. Tjäder, Die nichtliterarischen lateinischen Papyri Italiens aus der Zeit 445-700, I. Papyri 1-28, Lund 1955 (with German translation)
Bibliography:
Jan-Olof Tjäder, "Christ, Our Lord, Born of the Virgin Mary (ΧΜΓ and VDN)", Eranos (1970), 148–190

Categories:

Food/Clothes/Housing - Type of housing
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Economic status and activity - Ownership or possession of land
Economic status and activity - Indication of wealth
Economic status and activity - Indication of poverty
Economic status and activity - Gift
Relation with - Townsman
Relation with - Woman
Writing activity
Legal practice
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2170, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2170
Record by: Marta Szada
last edited: 2019-08-12 10:29:13
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