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Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1360: hoi laxoi

Hide this section I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Thinites (U08)
iii. Site Ptolemais Hermeiou (Gebel Tukh)

Hide this section II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ λαξοῖ (IGR I 1151, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi laxoi

Hide this section III. DATE

i. Date(s) 80 / 81 AD

Hide this section IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:laxoi

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGR I 1151 (AD 80/1)
Note other editions: SB V 8805
Online Resources IGR I 1151
TM 102695
AGRW ID 15307
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication/Topos Inscription; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone

Hide this section VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects τόπος topos (l. 4); perhaps associated with or located near a temple?

Hide this section VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership [ἱερο]ποιὸς [καὶ] ἀρχιπρύτανις hieropoios kai archiprytanis (l. 2)

Hide this section IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 5
ii. Gender Men
Note Recorded names are male names.
v. Relations One father-son pair: Soter and Sarapian son of Soter (?)

Hide this section XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Bernand, E. (1993) 'Tόπος dans les inscriptions grecques d’Egypte', ZPE 98: 103-10 (esp. 107-8).

Hide this section XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The text does not contain a reference to a synodos, koinon, or thiasos. But the identification of the group as the laxoi does suggest that it might have referred to an association as parallels indicate. The reference to a topos, more common outside of Egypt, can also indicate the presence of an association.