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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 66: Esenchebiake synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Arsinoites (00)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἐσεγχηβιακὴ σύνοδος (I.Fayoum III 204, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Esenchebiake synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 68 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Esenchebis (epithet of Isis)
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note Synodos: I.Fayoum III 204, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum III 204
Note Other editions: SB I 4211; AGRW 291
Online Resources I.Fayoum III 204
TM 8170
AGRW ID 2894
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek topos inscription to Isis Esenchebis on behalf of Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysus.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele. Above the inscription there is a relief with the goddess Isis and a worshipper.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The association owned a τόπος, topos which was situated near the temple (of Isis), delimited north by a peribolos (built by the synagogos), south by the dromos of the temple, west by the komasterion and east by the temple itself (ll. 4-5).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership συναγωγός, synagogos (l. 3): the man is called Helenos.
iii. Members The members of the association are called οἱ ἐκ τῆς Ἐσεγχηβιακῆς συνόδου, hoi ek tes Esenchebiakes synodou (l. 3).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association owned a topos (l. 4). The enclosing wall (περίβολος, peribolos, l. 4), built by the synagogos Helenos, may have run around some other properties of the association's or it may have been the temple's. If the latter is the case (as is probable), the president of the Esenchebiake synodos had a position of importance within the temple itself too.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The names are male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features Ἕλενος συναγωγός

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association dedicated the inscription (and the topos most probably) to Isis Esenchebis (l. 2).
Deities worshipped Isis Esenchebis
iv. Honours/Other activities The association shows its devotion to the Royal House by setting up the dedication to Isis on behalf of the King (ll. 1-2).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association (and its members) seems to have operated very closely (and not only geographically) with the local temple of Isis.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland B * 474 B

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (synodos), the internal organisation, the officials, and the ownership of a topos (which suggests the dealings in which the group was involved) make it certain that we have here a private association.