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Last Updated on 19 May 2022

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1382: synodos Dama andron 20

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος Δαμᾶ ἀνδρῶν κ (P.Aegyptus Cent. 32A, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos Dama andron 20

III. DATE

i. Date(s) f. i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος synodos
Note synodos: P.Aegyptus Cent. 32A, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Tebt. II 573 descr., published as P.Aegyptus Cent. 32A in Paganini (2021) (I cent. AD, first half of/mid?)
Online Resources P.Tebt. II 573 descr.
TM 78783
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script An account of a club in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyri

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) On the basis of the name of the synodos it is possible that the founder was Damas.
ii. Leadership Mestoys ἡγούμενος hegoumenos (l. 4).
iii. Members In the name of the association the members collectively are referred to as ἄνδρες k andres 20 (l. 3)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The association received monthly fees of 12 dr. from each member, for a total of 168 dr. The fees could be paid in installments and did not include other expenses (δαπαναί dapanai, l. 2) that were paid in addition.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Despite reference in the association's name to the number 20 (which may refer to the original number of members at the time of the name giving), on the basis of the account and the total sums of membership fees paid, the members of the association were 14.
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded names are male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features Mεστῶ(υς) ἡγούμεν(ος), Χαιρήμων Ἡρακλείου, Χράτης Ἱππάλου, Παπνεβτῦν̣(ις) Σιλιβώ̣(ιτος), Παστωοῦς Παποντῶ(τος), Παποντ[ῶς, Πατῦνις, Ὀρσεύ[ς

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction If the term after the member's name and patronymic in l. 8 is to be read as Ταλ[̣ί]τ̣(ης) Talites, the association may have welcomed amongst its members someone from the neighbouring village of Talei.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Keenan, J. G. (1974) 'Two Papyri from the University of California Collection,' in E. Kiessling and H.-A. Rupprecht (eds.) Akten des XIII. International Papyrologenkongresses. München: 207-214 (esp. 210)
Paganini, M.C.D. (2021), ‘An account of a private association in Tebtynis: P.Tebt. II 573 descr.’, Aegyptus 101: 35–55
van Minnen, P. (1993) 'Notes on Texts from Graeco-Roman Egypt', ZPE 96: 117-122 (esp. 120)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term synodos, the typology of the text, and the dealings involved make it certain that this was a private association.