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Author: Cassandre Hartenstein

CAPInv. 1700: U-EGY-055

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Arsinoites (00)

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-EGY-055

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. iii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms ʿ.wy
Note ʿ.wy: P. Sorb. IV 158 col. 2, l. 7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P. Sorb. IV 158 = P. Lille dem. 97 verso (second half III BC)
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i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script The verso of the papyrus contains two columns possibly listing in Demotic the members of an association of women and the payments they have given.
i.c. Physical format(s) The papyrus measures 28,5 x 19,5 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance The papyrus was found in Ghoran. It is now located in the Jouguet collection at the Sorbonne (Paris).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Eight of the women have a title:
-tȝ ʿȝ.t n 29 "the great of the 29" (col. 2, l. 1)
-tȝ mḥ-2. "the second" (col. 2, l. 2)
-tȝ wr.t Bȝs.t "the superior of Bastet" (col. 2, l. 3)
-tȝ wr.t Ḥr-m-ȝḫ.t "the superior of Hormakhet" (col. 2, l. 4)
-tȝ ḥm-nṯr nȝ ʿrty (the reading is not sure) "the priestess of the ureus" (col. 2, l. 5)
-tȝ mr-mšʿ Ḥw.t-Ḥr "the general of Hathor" (col. 2, l. 6)
-tȝ ḥȝt.t n pȝ ʿ.wy "the chief of the association" (col. 2, l. 7)
-tȝ ḥm-nṯr ... "the priestess of..." (col. 2, l. 7)
The rank of the titles and the hierarchy within the association are not easy to understand.
viii. Obligations The money (in kite) the women pay in the text could be a fee they pay to the association.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The money (in kite) the women pay in the text could be a fee they pay to the association.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Women
Note All the people cited in the text are women.
vi. Proper names and physical features -Sn (.t)-Ḥw.t-Ḥr (Senet-Hathyris)
-Tȝ-šr.t-n-Twtw (Sentotoes)
-Ta-Wsir (Taosiris)
-Tȝ-šr.t-n-ỉʿḥ ta Pa-ḥȝ.t (Sen-iah daughter of Paes)
-Tȝ-šr.t-n-ỉʿḥ (Sen-iah)
-Ta-sy ta Pa-sy (Thasis daughter of Pasis)
-Ta-ḥȝ ta Ḥr (Taes daughter of Horos)
- Ta-ḥȝ ta Pa-wt (Taes daughter of Paout)
-Ta-Ỉs.t ta Pa-wt (Taesis daughter of Paout)
-Ỉs.t-wr.t ta Pȝ-dỉ-Wsỉr (Isoeris daughter of Petosiris)
-Ta-ḥȝ.t ta Sṯȝ=w-tȝ-wḏȝ.t (Toes daughter of Stotoetis)
-Tȝ-šr-n-Ḥr ta Pȝ-sn-ḥr (Senhyris daughter of Pa-sen-her)
-Ta-ḥȝ.t (Taes)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The presence in this papyrus of titles found only in other texts dealing with associations, makes it possible that we have here a private association. Plus, one of the terms meaning 'association' in demotic, ʿ.wy is attested in this text.