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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Egypt
ii.	Nome	Xoites (L06)
iii.	Site	Xois

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	τὸ πολίτευμα (τῶν Βοιωτῶν) (SEG 2: 871, ll. 8-9)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	to politeuma (ton Boioton)

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

165 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Ethnic:

Boiotoi Boeotians

iii.

Descriptive terms

πολίτευμα, politeuma

Note

politeuma: SEG 2: 871, l. 8

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	SEG 2: 871 (ca. 165 BC)
	Note	Other publications of the text: SB III 6664.
	Online Resources	SEG 2: 871 TM 7262 AGRW ID 20516
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek dedication of a temenos to Zeus Basileus and the patrioi theoi by the politeuma and synpoliteuomenoi of the Boeotians.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Limestone stele.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

The politeuma dedicated τὸ τέμενος καὶ τὰ συγκύρ[οντα], to temenos kai ta synkyronta (l. 15).
στήλη, stele (l. 13)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii.	Members	The members of the politeuma seems to be referred to as ο]ἱ̣ ἐ̣πισυνηγμένοι \| ἐν Ξόει Βοιωτο̣ί̣, hoi episynegmenoi en Xoei Boiotoi (ll. 11-2). Furthermore the group of ο̣ἱ̣ σ[υμ]πολιτευ\|όμενοι, hoi synpoliteuomenoi (ll. 12-13) is also mentioned: according to Thompson Crawford 1984 and Thompson 2012: 94, the term indicated the non-military supporting members who took part in the activities of the politeuma.
iv.	Officials	There is a priest of the politeuma: ἱερεὺς τοῦ \| πολιτεύματος, hiereus tou politeumatos (ll. 8-9). He may have been at the head of the politeuma: cf. Fraser 1959-60: 149.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii.

Realty

The τέμενος καὶ τὰ συγκύρ[οντα], temenos kai ta synkyronta (l. 15) dedicated to Zeus by the politeuma may have belonged to them.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	It is likely that the politeuma was a group formed by people involved in military life, and therefore men.
iii.	Age	Adults
	Note	If the military character of the politeuma is correct, it does not seem likely that children took part in it.
iv.	Status	The members of the politeuma probably belonged to the military background and had (at least in the beginning) a common Boeotian origin. The civilians associated with them (defined as hoi synpoliteuomenoi: they probably represented the soldiers families or immigrant of similar origin) also took part in the politeuma's activities. The priest of the politeuma, Kaphisodoros, son of Kaphisodoros, Boiotos, bore the aulic title of archisomatophylax and was also strategos of the Xoites nome (ll. 6-9; from other texts we know that he was also priest of Alexander and of the Ptolemies in 156/5 BC: cf. Mooren 1975: no. 088). His sons, Metrophanes and Ptolemaios, were also involved in the army (and the politeuma) as diadochoi and were eisangeleis, palace officials (ll. 9-11: cf. Mooren 1975: nos. 0300 and 0301).
v.	Relations	Kaphisodoros, priest of the politeuma, and his two sons, Metrophanes and Ptolemaios, were all members of the politeuma.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	Καφισό̣δωρος Καφισοδώρου Βοιώτιος ὁ ἀρχισωματοφύλαξ καὶ στρατη̣γ̣ὸς τοῦ Ξο̣ΐτου καὶ ἱερεὺς τοῦ πολιτεύματος οἱ τούτου υἱοὶ Μητροφάνης κ̣[αὶ Πτ]ολεμαῖος οἱ διάδοχοι καὶ εἰσαγγελε̣ῖ̣[ς

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	The politeuma of Boeotians dedicated the shrine and premises to Zeus Basileus and the patrioi theoi: Διὶ βασιλεῖ \| καὶ [τοῖς] ἄλλοις πα̣τρίοις θεοῖς, Dii basilei kai tois allois patriois theois (ll. 4-5).
	Deities worshipped	Zeus Basileus patrioi theoi
iv.	Honours/Other activities	The dedication is made on behalf of the Royal House, thus showing the politeuma's loyalty to the Ptolemaic dynasty: ὑ̣π̣ὲρ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίο̣[υ] \| καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας τῆς \| ἀδελφῆς θ[ε]ῶν Φιλομητόρων κα[ὶ] \| τῶν [τέ]κνων αὐτῶν, hyper basileos Ptolemaiou kai basilisses Kleopatras tes adelphes theon Philometoron kai ton teknon auton (ll. 1-4).

XII. NOTES