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Last Updated on 16 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1866: synagoge

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συναγωγή (I.Alex.Imp. 92 l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synagoge

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 30 BC - 300 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms συναγωγή synagoge
Note synagoge: I.Alex.Imp. 92 l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alex.Imp. 92
Note Other editions: SB IV 7307; CIJud II 1447; I.Delta p. 930-931
Online Resources I.Alex.Imp. 92
TM 103874
AGRW ID 655
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership l. 1-2: Artemon son of Nikon, πρ(οστάτης) prostates.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

vi. Proper names and physical features Artemon, son of Nikon

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The fragmentary nature of the text makes it difficult to know what is being dedicated or to whom or which group. It probably was a statue dedicated to the a group, whether Artemon's own or another. The nomenclature of the group as a synagoge suggests possible religious affiliation.
iii. Bibliography Harland, P. (2003). Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society, Minneapolis: 304 n. 4.
Łajtar, A. (1992) "Dedication of the prostates of a synodos from Alexandria." JJP 22: 29-36 (esp. 32, no. 9)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Given the similarities between this dedication and several others, it is probable that this is private association.