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Last Updated on 01 Dec 2018

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 669: U-EGY-010

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Alexandria (L00)
iii. Site Alexandria

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-EGY-010

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms συνα[γωγή], synagoge
ἔθνος, ethnos (?)
Note Synagoge: I.Alex. Ptol. 45, ll. 7-8
Ethnos: I.Alex. Ptol. 45, l. 9
The term synagoge normally indicates the general assembly of an association. However, here the term synagoge in the wording [ἐν τῶι ἐπισ]η̣μοτάτωι τῆς συνα|[γωγῆς τόπωι], en toi episemotatoi tes synagoges topoi (ll. 7-8) seems to refer to the association as a whole or to their meeting place: cf. also I.Alex. Imp. 92.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alex. Ptol. 45 (late Ptolemaic?)
Note Other editions: I.Breccia 167; SB I 4981.
Online Resources I.Breccia 167
TM 7166
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek fragmentary honorific inscription by the members of an association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble plaque.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ἀσπί[ς , aspis vel similia (l. 4)
στήλη, stele (l. 10)
The term synagoge normally indicates the general assembly of an association. However, here the term synagoge in the wording [ἐν τῶι ἐπισ]η̣μοτάτωι τῆς συνα|[γωγῆς τόπωι], en toi episemotatoi tes synagoges topoi (ll. 7-8) seems to refer to the association as a whole or to their meeting place: cf. also I.Alex. Imp. 92.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Traces of three names of members survive (ll. 12-14): they all seem male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features [Δι]ονύσιος
[Λε]ωνίδης
]κρατης

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honoured someone with (possibly) a portrait on a shield (ll. 4-5) to be placed in the most visible place of the association (ll. 7-8). The present stele was also commissioned (ll. 10-11). Owing to the fragmentary state of the stone, it is not possible to know more details. The members ratified the decisions taken by having their names appended to the text, followed by the verb εὐδοκῶ, eudoko.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The fragmentary state of the stone prevents a full understanding of the text.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Owing to the fragmentary state of the stone, it is not possible to be absolutely sure that we are dealing here with a private association. However, on the basis of the type of text, the subscriptions, the term συνα[γωγή], synagoge (though restored in ll. 7-8) and ἔθνος, ethnos (l. 9), it seems very probable that this was a private association.