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Last Updated on 17 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1934: hoi oikodomoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Oxyrhynchites (U19)
iii. Site Oxyrhynchus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ οἰκόδομοι (P.Ryl. IV 654 l. 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi oikodomoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 302 - 309 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:oikodomoi, builders

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Ryl. IV 654 (ca AD 302-309)
Online Resources P.Ryl. IV 654
TM 17320
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Bilingual, Greek with Latin heading; record of judicial proceedings
i.c. Physical format(s) Papyrus

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction There is no indication of interaction necessarily, but like P.Oxy. XLIV 3192 (307 CE; CAPInv. 1933), the proceedings indicate two groups (weavers and builders) attempting some control over membership. The weaver Paul, it seems with support of the other weavers, has acted on behalf of another weaver to prevent the builders from co-opting him into their number.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Youtie, H. C. (1958), "Notes on Papyri and Ostraca," TAPA 89: 374-407.
Thomas, J. D. (1998), "P. Ryl. IV 654: the Latin Heading," CE 73: 125-134.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note There is no mention of a synodos or koinon here. That does not necessarily mean that we are not dealing with an association of builders or weavers.