| i. | Geographical area | Egypt |
| ii. | Nome | Thebes with Peri Thebas (U04b) |
| iii. | Site | Thebes |
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CAPInv. 1480: The Association of Amun-Opet
I. LOCATION
II. NAME
| i. | Full name (original language) | Tȝ ẖny.t n Ỉmn-Ỉpy (Text A, l. 1). |
| ii. | Full name (transliterated) | The Association of Amun-Opet |
III. DATE
| i. | Date(s) | 109 (?) / 108 (?) BC |
IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY
| ii. | Name elements |
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| iii. | Descriptive terms |
ẖny.t ʿ.wy |
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| Note |
ẖny.t: Text A l. 1, 6 ʿ.wy: Text A, l. 7 |
V. SOURCES
| i. | Source(s) | P. Assoc.: 103-135 = P. Berl. Spieg. 3115 (Text A: day 10 of Pharmuthi year 8 under Ptolemy IX= 26 April 109 BC; Text C: day 11 of Pharmuthi year 9 under Ptolemy IX= 27 April 108 BC; Text D: 1st day of Choice year 10 under Ptolemy IX= 18 December 108 BC). |
| Note | Other publication: P. Bürgsch. 19; P. Survey 61. | |
| Online Resources | TM 3058 | |
| i.a. | Source type(s) | Papyrological source(s) |
| i.b. | Document(s) typology & language/script | This demotic papyrus contains the rules of an association of choachytes of Thebes and an account of the same association. The rules are divided in five texts, written in three different years. Text A seems to be the act of foundation of the association written in the year 8 (the reading of the year is not certain), text C is written in year 9 and text D is written in year 10. Texts B and E have no date. |
| ii. | Source(s) provenance | Thebes. The papyrus is located in Berlin now. |
VII. ORGANIZATION
| ii. | Leadership | The mr šn (lesonis) cited l. 5 is probably the president of the association. The mḥ-2, the "second" in l. 5 is a leader too. The first title is well known in associations (De Cenival 1972: 153-158), but the second is attested in only two texts (De Cenival 1972: 168). |
| iii. | Members | The members are called "the choachytes of the necropolis of Djeme" (l. 1 nȝ wȝḥ-mw n tȝ ḫȝs.t n Ḏmȝ). Referred also as nȝ rmṯ.w l. 5 ("The people") and pȝy⸗w n pȝ ʿ.wy ("those from the house/association"). |
| vi. | Laws and rules | nȝ mt.wt 'words/matters' (Text A par. 1 l. 1) |
| viii. | Obligations |
Every man should bring no more than two jars of wine for the feast days (Text A, paragraph 3, l. 1): mtw⸗w tm ỉn ỉrp r tȝ ẖne.t n pȝ hrw (n) swr nty ḥry bnr ỉrp 2 "One should not bring wine to the association for the drinking day, more than two jars". Every member who will have a male child should give 30 deben to the association (l. 4-5). |
IX. MEMBERSHIP
| i. | Number | The list member in the Text A paragraph 1, lists 18 men and 8 sons. |
| ii. | Gender | Men |
| Note | Text A contains the list of the members of the association. All the name are male. All the members named in Text E are male too. | |
| iii. | Age |
Children Adults |
| Note | In the list of members contains in Text A, some members are named with their sons. It may mean that they are under age, wether they would be named like others members. | |
| v. | Relations | The list member in the Text A paragraph 1, lists 18 men and 8 sons. |
| vi. | Proper names and physical features |
-Pȝ-šr-Ḏḥwty ỉrm pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 8) Psenthotes and his son -Ptḥ (?)-ḥtp ỉrm pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 9) Ptah-hotep and his son -Ḫnm-ỉb-Rʿ ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 10) Chonopres and his son -Pȝ-dj-Mwt (?) ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 11) Petemouthes and his son -Ḥr sȝ n Ḥr-sȝ-Ỉs.t ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 12) Horos son of Harsiesis and his son -Pa-nȝ sȝ n Ḥr-sȝ-Ỉs.t (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 13) Panas son of Hasiesis -Mntj-m-ḥȝ.t pȝ ʿȝ ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 14) Montemes the big with his son -Wsỉr-wr ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 15) Osoroeris and his son -Pȝ-dỉ-Wsỉr sȝ n Ḥr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 16) Petosiris son of Horos -Nȝy-nḫt-Mntj sȝ n Ḥr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 17) Nechtmonthes son of Horos -Pȝ-šr-Ḫnsw sȝ n Ḏd-ḥr-pȝ-hb (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 18) Psenchonsis son of Teephibis -Ḥr-swr (?) sȝ n Ḥr-swr (?) (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 19) Hasos son of Hasos -Nȝy-nḫt-f pȝ ḥnʿ pȝy=f šr (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 20) Nechoutes and his son -Nȝy-nḫ=f pȝ ḫm (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 21) Nechoutes the older -Ḥr sȝ n Pȝ-nḫt (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 22) Horos son of Panachtes -Pn-Mntj sȝ n Ỉmn-ḥtp (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 23) Pamonthes son of Amenothes -Pn-nȝ sȝ n Pȝ-nḫt (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 24) Panas son of Panachtes -Ḥr-sȝ-Ỉs.t sȝ n Pȝ-nḫt (Text A, paragraph 1, l. 25) Harsiesis son of Panachtes |
X. ACTIVITIES
| ii. | Meetings and events | Paragraph 2 of Text A lists the "drinking days" where the members should meet (l. 1-18). Every man has to bring two jars of wine for every feast, and no more. |
| Deities worshipped | Montou ? (Text D, l. 6). |
XII. NOTES
| iii. | Bibliography |
Monson, A. (2007), 'Religious Associations and Temples in Ptolemaic Tebtunis', dans J. Fräen, T. Purola et E. Salmenkivi (ed.), Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Papyrology, 1-7 August 2004, Helsinki: II 769-778. Monson, A. (2006), 'The Ethics and Economics of Ptolemaic Religious Associations', AncSoc 36: 231-238. De Cenival, Fr. (1972), Les associations religieuses en Égypte d’après les documents démotiques, Le Caire. De Cenival, Fr., (1969) « Les associations dans les temples égyptiens d'après les données fournies par les papyrus démotiques », in P. Derchain (ed.), Religions en Égypte hellénistique et romaine : colloque de Strasbourg, 16-18 mai 1967, Paris: 5-19. |
XIII. EVALUATION
| i. | Private association | Certain |
| Note | The use of ẖny.t (l. 1) to describe this group proves that it was a private association. |
