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Last Updated on 13 Jan 2019

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 1523: Mestasytmiake synotos (l. synodos).

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Μεστασυτμιακὴ σύνοτος (l. σύνοδος) (I.Fayoum III 215)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Mestasytmiake synotos (l. synodos).

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Mestasytmis
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum III 215 (Roman period, I-II AD)
Online Resources I.Fayoum III 215
TM 92031
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication of the god's portrait by the association in his honour.
i.c. Physical format(s) Rectangular stela in white sandstone, with portrait of the god in the upper half.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association presumably had some funds as they set up an inscription with portrait of the god after whom they took their name.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the fact that they set up the portrait of the god Mestasytmis, after whom they also took their name, it is likely that the association worshipped that god.
Deities worshipped Mestasytmis (?)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The presence of the term synodos and the character of the inscription (with what it entails) make it certain that we are dealing here with a private association.