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Last Updated on 09 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1437: synodos theou

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Arsinoites (00)
iii. Site Tebtynis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνoδο(ς) θεοῦ (P.Mich. II 127 l. 20)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos theou

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 45 / 46 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:theos
iii. Descriptive terms σύνoδος synodos
Note synodos: P.Mich. II 127 l. 20; P.Mich. II 124 recto, col. II l. 23.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Mich. II 127 l. 20 (AD 45/6)
P.Mich. II 124 recto, col. II l. 23 (AD 46-49)
Online Resources P.Mich. II 127 = TM 11972
P.Mich. II 124 = TM 11969
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script P.Mich. II 127.20: expense account of the grapheion (Kronion's outgoings?);
P.Mich. II 124R, col. II, l.24: Grapheion register and accounts (likely hand of Kronion). Both texts are in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership P.Mich. II 127 l. 20: Patron, president (ἡγούμενος hegoumenos) of the association of the god.
iii. Members Kronion, son of Apion?
vi. Laws and rules P.Mich. II 124 recto, col. II, l. 23: Mention of payment for a charter of synodos of the god (νόμος συνόδο(υ) θεοῦ nomos synodou theou) in grapheion register.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income P.Mich. II 127 l. 20: 4 drachmai "for the fifth year". Annual cost of membership?

IX. MEMBERSHIP

vi. Proper names and physical features Patron; Kronion son of Apion

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The unnamed deity here is a little problematic. Cf. Kronion's possible membership in the synodos of Harpochrates (CAPInv. 1276).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note This association has been noted as certainly private because of the fact that this particular synodos appears in Kronion's own accounts.