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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1995: Paphies synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Παφίης σύνοδος (SEG 60: 1817, ll. 7-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Paphies synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Paphie, epithet of Aphrodite, referring to Paphus on Cyprus
Theophoric:Paphie, epithet of Aphrodite, referring to Paphus on Cyprus
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: SEG 60: 1817, ll. 7-8

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 60: 1817 (late Imperial period)
Online Resources TM 397813
AGRW ID 21762
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek inscription on a gem.
i.c. Physical format(s) Hematite gem, decorated with a naked winged figure riding a fish.
ii. Source(s) provenance The gem's provenance is said to be Egypt. More details are unknown.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects σκηνὴ θυ[μ|έ]λης skene thymeles (ll. 1-2)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The grammar and the vocative ἑτε͂ρε. l. ἑταῖρε, hetaire (l. 9) 'companion' suggest that the members were men.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The term synodos suggests the nature of a private association. The reference to the theatrical stage and the geographical reference to Paphus in the epithet of Aphrodite may point to the branch of the Dionysian artists based at Paphus on Cyprus.