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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1972: the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Sobek, Lord of disorder, and the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Pachonsis

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Elephantine (U01)
iii. Site Omboi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) pȝ ṯȝy ntr.w Sbk nb ẖnyn ỉrm (pȝ) ṯȝy ntr.w {Pa} n Pa-Ḫnsw (Short Texts III 1351, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Sobek, Lord of disorder, and the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Pachonsis

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:the bearers/carriers of the images of the gods
Professional:the bearers/carriers of the images of the gods
Status-related:the bearers/carriers of the images of the gods
Theophoric:Sobek, the crocodile god
Pachonsis

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Short Texts III 1351 (ca AD 100?)
Note Other publications: de Morgan, Kom Ombo II p. 337 no. 1021
Online Resources TM 58010
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Demotic graffito indicating the place of meeting (equivalent to topos inscriptions) of the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Sobek and the bearers/carriers of the (images of the) gods of Pachonsis.
i.c. Physical format(s) Graffito
ii. Source(s) provenance Graffito on the pavement of the court, about five meters in front of the right-hand gate to the Hypostyle hall, of the temple of Ombos.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The group seems to have consisted of two units, respectively formed by the bearers/carriers of the images of the gods of the crocodile god Sobek and by the bearers/carriers of the images of the gods of Pachonsis.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The graffito singles out the 'place for drinking' (pȝ mȝʿ n swr, l. 1) of the group.
iv. Honours/Other activities Given the fact that the graffito singles out the meeting place for drinking, the group probably occupied itself with gatherings of a festive and drinking nature.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Given the shared meeting place and wording of the graffito, it is more likely that the two groups of bearers/carriers of the sacred images formed one association, rather than two associations which however used the same meeting spot (at different times).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note On the basis of the nature of the text and the typology of the document which indicated the meeting place for drinking, it is probable that the bearers/carriers formed a private association.