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Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1249: to plethos ton apo tou Arsinoeitou katharourgon kai plakountopoion

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτου καθαρουργῶν καὶ πλακουντοποιῶν (I.Fayoum III 212, ll. 4-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to plethos ton apo tou Arsinoeitou katharourgon kai plakountopoion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 3 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:apo tou Arsinoeitou
Professional:katharourgoi kai plakountopoioi
iii. Descriptive terms πλῆθος, plethos
Note plethos: I.Fayoum III 212, l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum III 212 (19 February AD 3)
Note Other editions: IGRR I 1117; SB I 984.
Online Resources I.Fayoum III 212
TM 92028
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific stele in Greek for the portrait statue of the prostates of the plethos set up by the group.
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue base of portrait statue.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Statue of Herakleides, son of Sochos, the prostates (στήλην καὶ ἱκόνα <λιθίν>ην, stelen kai ikon lithinen, ll. 8-9).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials προστάτης prostates: Herakleides, son of Sochos (ll. 7-8)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The prostates is a man.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Potrait Statue and Honorific Stele for Herakleides the prostates.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography San Nicolo, M. (1972), Ägyptisches Vereinswesen zur Zeit der Ptolemäer und Römer, 2nd edn. 2 vols. Munich: see I, 73 n.5; II 59, 95, 152.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Given similar dedications of private associations, it seems certain that this group too was a private association.