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Last Updated on 06 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1385: synodos Amenothou theou [megistou]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Thebes with Peri Thebas (U04b)
iii. Site Thebes

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος Ἀμενώθου θεοῦ [μεγίστου] (O.Theb. 142 l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos Amenothou theou [megistou]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Amenothes theos megistos
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος synodos
Note synodos: O.Theb. 142 l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) O.Theb. 142 (II AD)
Online Resources O.Theb. 142
TM 76512
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script An account of an association in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) ostrakon

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Psentotoes may have been the secretary of this association. The abbreviation of γ( ), possibly for γραμματεύς grammateus, following his name at ll. 2, 8, 9, 11 seems to suggest this.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income Contributions are made in measures (and jars?) of wine by members for meetings and celebrations (?).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 10, although the repetitive nature of the document either suggests that members made several payments/donations during the month of Mesore, or that the account covered a longer period of time.
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded names are male names.
v. Relations Two sets of father-son. Psentotoes may be father to Am(m)onios (son of Psentotoes); Phthoumonthes may be father to Pamonthes, son of Phthoumonthes.
vi. Proper names and physical features Psentotoes; Phthoumonthes; Apollonios; Sisois, son of Apollonios; Am(m)onios, son of Psentotoes; Pamonthes, son of Phthoumonthes; Pekysis, son of Kametis; Senkametis; Pekysis; Psenkalames

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is perhaps worth noting that Psentotoes (as secretary or not) is the most frequent contributor here.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The context and the evidence suggest that this is certainly a private association.