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Hide this section I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Egypt
ii.	Nome	Arsinoites (00)

Hide this section II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	Ἐσεγχηβιακὴ σύνοδος (I.Fayoum III 204, l. 3)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	Esenchebiake synodos

Hide this section III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

68 BC

Hide this section IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Theophoric:

Esenchebis (epithet of Isis)

iii.

Descriptive terms

σύνοδος, synodos

Note

Synodos: I.Fayoum III 204, l. 3

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	I.Fayoum III 204
	Note	Other editions: SB I 4211; AGRW 291
	Online Resources	I.Fayoum III 204 TM 8170 AGRW ID 2894
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek topos inscription to Isis Esenchebis on behalf of Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysus.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Stele. Above the inscription there is a relief with the goddess Isis and a worshipper.

Hide this section VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

The association owned a τόπος, topos which was situated near the temple (of Isis), delimited north by a peribolos (built by the synagogos), south by the dromos of the temple, west by the komasterion and east by the temple itself (ll. 4-5).

Hide this section VII. ORGANIZATION

ii.	Leadership	συναγωγός, synagogos (l. 3): the man is called Helenos.
iii.	Members	The members of the association are called οἱ ἐκ τῆς Ἐσεγχηβιακῆς συνόδου, hoi ek tes Esenchebiakes synodou (l. 3).

Hide this section VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii.

Realty

The association owned a topos (l. 4). The enclosing wall (περίβολος, peribolos, l. 4), built by the synagogos Helenos, may have run around some other properties of the association's or it may have been the temple's. If the latter is the case (as is probable), the president of the Esenchebiake synodos had a position of importance within the temple itself too.

Hide this section IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	The names are male names.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	Ἕλενος συναγωγός

Hide this section X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	The association dedicated the inscription (and the topos most probably) to Isis Esenchebis (l. 2).
	Deities worshipped	Isis Esenchebis
iv.	Honours/Other activities	The association shows its devotion to the Royal House by setting up the dedication to Isis on behalf of the King (ll. 1-2).

Hide this section XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

The association (and its members) seems to have operated very closely (and not only geographically) with the local temple of Isis.

Hide this section XII. NOTES

ii.

Poland concordance

Poland B * 474 B

Hide this section XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The terminology used (synodos), the internal organisation, the officials, and the ownership of a topos (which suggests the dealings in which the group was involved) make it certain that we have here a private association.

CAPInv. 66: Esenchebiake synodos