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Last Updated on 03 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1260: to koinon ton onomangonon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Oxyrhynchites (U19)
iii. Site Oxyrhynchus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινόν τῶν ὀνομανγώνων (P.Oxy. LIV 3728, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton onomangonon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 306 / 307 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms P.Oxy. XLIV 3192 refers to ὀνομάγγωνες (onomangones) which may have been this group.
ii. Name elements
Professional:onomangones
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: P.Oxy. LIV 3728, l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Oxy. LIV 3728 (25 Feb. - 26 Mar. AD 306)
P.Oxy. XLIV 3192 (?) (9 May AD 307)
Online Resources P.Oxy. LIV 3728 = TM 15232
P.Oxy. XLIV 3192 = TM 15953
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Sworn declaration (3192); application to the logistes (3728); Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Aurelius Ammonius son of Apollonius (presumably; no title is preserved).
iv. Officials Aurelius Ammonios son of Apollonius is the representive of the association, but his title is not given (cf. P.Oxy. L 3733). If he is not the leader, then he is an official.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Names attested are male names.
iii. Age Adults
vi. Proper names and physical features Aurelius Ammonius son of Apollonius (3728); Aurelius Timotheus, son of Sarapiades (the plaintiff in 3192).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Some sense of official interaction with the authorities in Oxyrhynchus as revealed in this declaration with the logistes (curator civitatis).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The documents here may depict the association working with the local government, but also (perhaps) trying to enforce guild membership regulations or oppress those traders working in the same trade and not members of the association (in the case of 3192).
iii. Bibliography P.Oxy. 54.3728 intr., appendix II.
Adams, C. E. P. (2007), Land transport in Roman Egypt: a study of economics and administration in a Roman province. Oxford: esp. 183-4.
Bagnall, R. (2000) 'Governmental roles in the economy of late antiquity', in E. Lo Cascio and D. Rathbone (eds.) Production and public powers in classical antiquity, Cambridge: 86-91.
Gibbs, M. (2011) 'Trade associations in Roman Egypt: their raison d'être', AncSoc 41: 291-315 (esp. 294-5).
Gibbs, M. (forthcoming) 'Collective action, trade associations and the state in Roman Egypt', in D. Rathbone and A. Wilson (eds.) Documents and the Mechanics of Roman Rule, Cambridge.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The private nature of this association has been questioned by Adams 2007 and in part by Gibbs (forthcoming): caution is to be advised here.