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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 65: synodos georgon idion

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος γεωργῶν ἰδίων (I.Fayoum II 134, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos georgon idion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 79 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:georgoi idioi
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note Synodos: I.Fayoum II 134, l. 4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum II 134 (12 Pharmouthi = 21 April 79 BC)
Online Resources I.Fayoum II 134
TM 91994
AGRW ID 15244
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek topos inscription with dedication on behalf of Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysus.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele. Above the inscription there is a relief with a seated bearded Egyptian god and a deified crocodile.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The association had a τόπος, topos (l. 4).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἐπιμελητής, epimeletes (l. 8): the man is called Aphrodisios, son of Kephalas.
v. Other staff An individual, called Paous, is said to have been the agent who took charge of undertaking the association's wish, i.e. of setting up the inscription (ll. 9-10: Παοῦς | διαδεχόμενος τὴν εὐχήν, Paous diadechomenos ten euchen).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association possessed at least a topos (l. 4) in the village of Euhemeria. The topos used to belong to the komogrammateus Apollonios, his son Didymos and brother Isidoros (ll. 4-8), who were probably members of the association.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The members of the association were private farmers (georgoi idioi) who owned the land they cultivated. The komogrammateus Apollonios, as well as his son Didymos and brother Isidoros, probably belonged to the association and the three men were the former owners of the topos which is now indicated as belonging to the association (ll. 4-8).
v. Relations If the former owners of the topos, now belonging to the association, were members of the synodos, the association had a father and his two sons among its membership. Given the character of association of private farmers, it is likely that others in the synodos were connected by family links.
vi. Proper names and physical features Ἀπολλώνιος κωμογραμματεύς
Δίδυμος υἱός
Ἰσίδωρος ἀδελφός
Ἀφροδίσιος Κεφαλᾶτος ἐπιμελητής̣
Παοῦς

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the presence of the god crocodile (Souchos) in the relief above the inscription, it seems reasonable to believe that the association worshipped that divinity.
Deities worshipped Souchos (?)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (synodos), the internal organisation, the officials, and the ownership of real estate by the group make it certain that we have here a private association.