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I. LOCATION

i.

Geographical area

Egypt

II. NAME

i.

Association with unknown name

U-EGY-015

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

73 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii.	Descriptive terms	ẖny.t (l. 3).
	Note	In both editions of this inscription, the word ‘association’ is transliterated sn.t, but this reading was rejected by De Cenival 2006.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Short Texts 60 (29 Phaophi of year 6 of Vespasian = 26 October AD 73).
	Note	Ed. pr.: Shore 1972
	Online Resources	TM 52796
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	This is a Demotic dedicatory inscription to a bearer (whose name does not appear in the inscription) of Isis the Great of the Island of Paho by two members of an association, and in the name of all members of the same association.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	The inscription is engraved on a bronze drinking-cup (15,4 cm wide and 6,7 cm high).
ii.	Source(s) provenance	The provenance is unknown. The location of the Island of Paho cited in the inscription (l. 2, Tȝ-mȝy-n-Pa-ḥr) is unknown (this text contains the first mention of this place).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii.	Leadership	One of the two members (Pȝ-nfr-ḥr) named in the inscription is a mr šn. The mr šn is a title which can be linked to either a temple or an association. In an association, the mr šn is an administrator or the president (De Cenival 1972: 154-9). Considering the way the title is mentioned in the inscription, it appears slightly more likely that it refers here to a function within the association, but this remains uncertain. We do not know why the second person has been distinguished in the dedication from the other members, as he seems to have no title in the association.
iii.	Members	Referred to as nȝ rmṯ.w (n tȝ) ẖny.t (‘the people (from the) association’, l. 3).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	Both members named (including an official of the association) are male. We do not know about the others.
iv.	Status	The cup is dedicated to a bearer of Isis, who is not named in the inscription; he may have been a member.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	Pȝ-nfr-ḥr sȝ Pa-ḫy (Pnepheros son of Pachois). Pa-wr sȝ Ḥr-msn (Paueris son of Haremsynis).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv.

Honours/Other activities

The inscription was made to honour a priest of Isis, whose name is unknown.

XI. INTERACTION

ii.

Interaction abroad

The association is connected to a priest of Isis of the Island of Paho, who is not named in the inscription and who is the recipient of the cup.

XII. NOTES

iii.

Bibliography

De Cenival, Fr. (2006), ‘À propos du mot désignant en démotique « l’association » ’, RdE 57 : 233-234.
Farid, A. (1995), Fünf Stelen, Berlin : 195, n°21.
De Cenival, Fr. (1972), Les associations religieuses en Égypte d’après les documents démotiques, Le Caire.
Shore, A.F. (1972), 'A Drinking-Cup with Demotic Inscription', BMQ 36 : 16-19.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The use of ẖny.t to describe this group proves that it was a private association.

CAPInv. 734: U-EGY-015