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Last Updated on 16 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1858: U-EGY-068

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-EGY-068

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 39 / 40 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος synodos (?)
Note synodos: P.Mert. I 11 l.19. If the phrase ἐν̣ώ̣[πιον(?)] συνόδ̣ο̣υ eno[pion] synodou (l.18-19) refers to an association and not a crowd.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Mert. I 11 (AD 39/40)
Note
Online Resources P.Mert. I 11
TM 11902
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Petition to a strategos, filed by a man named Dikranes alleging wrong doing; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Papyrus (25cm x 8cm); The editor of the text suggests that it was a draft copy of a petition.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Possibly upwards of 50 men if that the crowd of 50 referenced in the petition refers to members of a synodos and not a crowd
ii. Gender Men
Note l. 19: εἰς λόγον ἀνδ(ρῶν) ν eis logon and(ron) 50.
vi. Proper names and physical features Sambas (potentially a member of the group) against whom the petition has been filed; Harpaesis the son of Dikranes who has filed the petition; Gaius Iulius Asklas the exegetes and strategos to whom the petition is addressed

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The petition concerns a conflict between Sambas (and those with him who may have belonged to an association) and Harpaesis son of Dikranes the cultivator. Sambas may have damaged the irrigation machinery Harpaesis used and potentially diverted the water to land for which he was responsible, but it is not entirely clear. Harpaesis requests the strategos and exegetes Gaius Julius Asclas to intervene to protect the dykes or irrigation works until he can water.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The editor does not take ἐν̣ώ̣[πιον(?)] συνόδ̣ο̣υ eno[pion] synodou (l.18-19) as a reference to an association, but to a crowd of individuals. It is of course possible that the term synodos is a reference to an unspecified association of which Sambas belonged or served as an officer.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The document is admittedly problematic, but it is entirely possible that this group is, in fact, a private association.