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Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1443: demosioi georgoi Areos komes

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) δημόσιοι γεωργοί Ἄρεως κώμης (P.Fouad 19 ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) demosioi georgoi Areos komes

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 53 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:Areos kome
Professional:demosioi georgoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Fouad 19 (AD 54)
Online Resources P.Fouad 19
TM 11183
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Oath to prevent the inundation of the drymoi; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Panestikous, son of Petees, ἡγούμενος hegoumenos (ll. 1-2)
iv. Officials ὑ πρεσβύτερυ, l. οἱ πρεσβύτεροι hoi presbyteroi (ll. 4-5). Panestikous, son of Petees, hegoumenos, appears to have been a member of the presbyteroi too.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number at least 5
ii. Gender Men
Note The officials mentioned are men.
iii. Age Adults
Note Adults (although noted as πρεσβύτεροι, presbyteroi 'Elders')
vi. Proper names and physical features Panestikous, son of Petees; Herakles, son of Herakleios; Harpaesis, son of Panouris; Petesouchos, son of Onnophris; Panouris, son of Panouris

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Like CAPInv. 1442, that the georgoi swear their oath to the officials charged with supervision of sowing throughout the nome, posits a clear local relationships between this group (and the individuals within it) and the local administration.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Inclusion of this group depends mainly on use of association-like hierarchy with appointed officials. Cf. CAPInv. 1819 and CAPInv. 1443.
Cf. Thompson 2007: 105, for the admittedly earlier basilikoi georgoi as a 'loosely defined body, closely connected with the village where the land was held'.
iii. Bibliography Bonneau, D. (1993) Le régime administratif de l'eau du Nil dans l'Égypte grecque, romaine et byzantine. Leiden: 169-70
Monson, A. (2012) From the Ptolemies to the Romans: political and economic change in Egypt. Cambridge: chapter 4 in passing, 108-55.
Thompson, D. (2007) Kerkeosiris: An Egyptian Village in the Ptolemaic Period. Cambridge: 105.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note It remains unclear whether or not the demosioi georgoi were a private association; their similarities to certain private associations in Egypt, with respect to officials (in particular), suggest that it is possible that this groups of farmers were organised on a private basis. That these groups existed and operated collectively is confirmed by several other documents.