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Last Updated on 17 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1948: he hiera synodos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερὰ σύνοδος (P.Heid. IV 299 l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hiera synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 244 / 245 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:hiera
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος synodos
Note synodos: P.Heid. IV 299 l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Heid. IV 299 (AD 244/5)
Online Resources P.Heid. IV 299
TM 21094
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek; census declaration
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The declarant appears to register a house in the quarter of Tegmenouthis. Whether this house has anything to do with the association that the declarant is a member of is impossible to discern.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς ἱερᾶς συνόδου hoi apo tes hieras synodou (l.4)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The member here is male.
iv. Status The member of the association here was an Alexandrian citizen (of the phyle Φυλαξιθαλάσσειος, Phylaxithalasseios, and the deme Ἀλθαιεύς, Althaieus, [l.3]).
vi. Proper names and physical features Aurelius Herakleides, alias Claudius, son of ...., grandson of Sarapodoros.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Aurelius Herakleides noted that he was a member of this association as part of this census declaration; this suggests that there was nothing to stop him dealing/registering with the local administration as a member of this association.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It is difficult to be sure whether this is a private association or not given the information in the document. It is, however, entirely possible: the descriptive term synodos is used for private associations.