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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1977: synodos Herakleou Pichios epauleos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Arsinoites (00)
iii. Site Tebtynis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος Ἡρακλήου Πίχιος ἐπαύλεως (P.Mich. II 123 recto XI l. 36)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos Herakleou Pichios epauleos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 46 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Herakleios, son of Pichis: the man may have been the founder or president of the association.
Topographical:epaulis 'farmyard': the term is of uncertain interpretation: it may be a place-name.
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: P.Mich. II 123 recto XI l. 36

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Mich. II 123 recto XI l. 36 (30 January AD 46)
Online Resources P.Mich. II 123
TM 11967
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grapheion register, Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Papyrus
ii. Source(s) provenance The papyrus comes from the grapheion of Tebtynis; it is uncertain whether the association was based in the village or elsewhere and simply registered its dealings in the Tebtynis grapheion.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) The association took its name from Herakleios, son of Pichis: the man may have been the founder or president of the association.
Gender Male
ii. Leadership The association took its name from Herakleios, son of Pichis: the man may have been the founder or president of the association
vi. Laws and rules The association registered its regulations (νόμος, nomos) in the grapheion of Tebtynis.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The presence of the term synodos and the mention of its nomos being recorded in the grapheion suggests that we are dealing with a private association.