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Last Updated on 05 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1364: hiera thymelike kai xystike synodos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἱερὰ θυμελικὴ καὶ ξυστικὴ σύνοδος (I.Alex.Imp 101, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hiera thymelike kai xystike synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:hiera
Other:thymelike kai xystike
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Alex.Imp 101, ll. 3, 9

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alex.Imp 101 (III AD)
Note other editions: OGIS 713; Milne 21,9223; Breccia 147; SB V 8915; IGRR I 1083.
Online Resources I.Alex.Imp 101
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i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific Decree in Greek, honoring Marcus Aurelius Mikkalon, former gymnasiarch and agonothetes from the synodos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone slab.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

v. Relations The family of the honorand all had been members or affiliated with the synodos as well.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Marcus Aurelius Mikkalon, former gymnasiarch and agonothetes from the synodos was honoured.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Harland, Ph. (2003), Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations. Claiming a Place in Mediterranean Society. Minneapolis, Fortress: 304 (n. 4).
Van Minnen, P. (2000), 'Euergetism in Graeco-Roman Egypt', in L. Mooren (ed.), Politics, Administration and Society in the Hellenistic and Roman World, Leuven: 437-469.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology and character of the synodos make it certain that this was a private association.