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Last Updated on 16 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1813: hoi epetai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Panopolites (U09)
iii. Site Sohaq, cemetery

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἠπηταί (Short Texts II 437, l. 12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi epetai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii (?) - iii (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:epetai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Short Texts II 437
Note Other publications: SB I 3939
Online Resources SB I 3939
TM 50911
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Mummy label; bilingual Greek and Demotic
i.c. Physical format(s) Wooden tablet

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The estate of the eklogistes (Demotic, ll.7-8); the house of the accountant (Greek ll.13-14: τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ ἐγλογιστοῦ te oikia tou eklogistou).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Kollanthos, the brother of Tatriphus, the tailor, προστάτης prostates , president of the tailors (ll.7-12: Κόλανθος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Τατριφοῦτος ὁ ἠπητὴς ὁ προστάτης τῶν ἠπητῶν, Kolanthos ho adelphos Tatriphoutos ho epetes ho prostates ton epeton).
iii. Members οἱ ἠπηταί, hoi epetai (ll. 12)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least two, although very difficult to be definitive here.
v. Relations Kollanthos, the brother of Tatriphus (?). Is it possible that Tatriphus is also a member of the association?
vi. Proper names and physical features Kollanthos, the brother of Tatriphus

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Depauw, M. (2006), The demotic letter: a study of epistolographic scribal traditions against their intra- and intercultural background. Sommerhausen (353).
Möller, G. C. J. (1913), Mumienschilder. Demotische Texte aus d. K. Mus. zu Berl. vol.1. Leipzig. (pl.16, 45).
Spiegelberg, W. (1913) 'Ein zweisprachiges Begleitschreiben zu einem Mumientransport', ZÄS 51: 89-93 (esp. 92-93).
Vleeming, S. P. (2011) Demotic and Greek-Demotic mummy labels and other short texts gathered from many publications (Short Texts II 278-1200; Studia demotica 9). Leuven.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Without further evidence it is difficult to be more definitive at this point; there do appear to have been private associations of tailors, however.