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Last Updated on 16 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1742: helokopoi

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡλοκόποι (BGU IV 1028, l. 19)
ii. Full name (transliterated) helokopoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:helokopoi nailsmiths

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) BGU IV 1028 (II AD)
Online Resources BGU IV 1028
TM 27746
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Construction account; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Possibly Ninnos to whom payment is made; but he is not identified with any title (l. 19).
iii. Members οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἡλοκόποι hoi syn auto helokopoi (l. 19)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

vi. Proper names and physical features Ninnos (?)

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Work done on contractual basis.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note This identification as a possible association rests in part on internal parallels within this text (ll. 8 and 25) where titles of officers are ascribed to people serving the same function Ninnos appears to serve here: receiving payment and presumably coordinating the work. Unlike in those situations, we have neither the mention of a title or of a familiar term describing the group as such (koinon, synodos). Instead, they are just referred to as the ἡλοκόποι helokopoi- which does not necessarily rule out their operation as an association either.