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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 74: hoi to etos 7 ephebeukotes tes Asklepiadou tou Asklepiadou haireseos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ τὸ ἔτος ζ ἐφηβευκότες τῆς Ἀσκληπιάδου τοῦ Ἀσκληπιάδου αἱρέσεως (I.Fayoum III 201, ll. 4-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi to etos 7 ephebeukotes tes Asklepiadou tou Asklepiadou haireseos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 95 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Asklepiades, son of Asklepiades
Status-related:ephebeukotes
Other:year 7 (year of their ephebate)
hairesis (ephebic grouping or division)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum III 201 (20 Mecheir = 14 Feb. 95 BC)
Note Other editions: SB V 8887.
Online Resources I.Fayoum III 201
TM 6407
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek topos inscription with dedication to the god crocodile Souchos, on behalf of Ptolemy X Alexander I.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele. Above the inscription there is a relief with the crocodile god, a table of offerings, and the King as worshipper, under the solar disc and uraei.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Mention of a τόπος, topos (l. 4), belonging to the association.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership προστατῶν, prostaton: the man was called Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, and was also γραμματεύς, grammateus, of the association (ll. 7-8).
Eponymous office The genitive absolute προστατοῦντος καὶ γραμ|ματεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ | Πτολεμαίου, prostatountos kai grammateuontos Ptolemaiou tou Ptolemaiou (ll. 7-9) seems to indicate an eponymous usage of the office.
iv. Officials γραμματεύς, grammateus: the man in charge of this office, Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, was also the president (prostaton) of the association (ll. 7-8).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association owned a topos (l. 4), which they dedicated to the crocodile god Souchos (l. 3). The topos was 14 x 22 cubits large (ca 7.5 x 11.5 m), and neighboured the δρόμος, dromos of the temple (ll. 9-11).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note As ex-ephebes the members of the association had to be male.
iii. Age Adults
Note The members of the association finished their ephebate 12 years before dedicating the present inscription, and they were therefore adults.
iv. Status All the members of the association had been ephebes together, in the ephebic division led by Asklepiades, son of Asklepiades, during the 7th year of reign of Ptolemy X Alexander I.
vi. Proper names and physical features Πτολεμαῖος Πτολεμαίου προστατῶν καὶ γραμματεύς
Ἀσκληπιάδης Ἀσκληπιάδου head of the ephebic αἵρεσις

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association of ex-ephebes dedicated the topos and the present inscription to the crocodile god Souchos (ll. 3-4).
Deities worshipped Souchos
iv. Honours/Other activities The ex-ephebes showed their devotion to the Royal House by dedicating the topos on behalf of the King (ll. 1-3).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Given the presence of a president (prostaton, l. 7) and the fact that the ex-ephebes still formed a well defined and organised group 12 years after their ephebate (and they owned property), there is no doubt about this being a private association.