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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Egypt
ii.	Nome	Arsinoites (00)
iii.	Site	Ptolemais Euergetis (?)

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	τὸ πολίτευμα τῶν Κιλίκων (I.Louvre 22, ll. 5-6)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	to politeuma ton Kilikon

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

s. iii - ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Ethnic:

Cilicians

iii.

Descriptive terms

πολίτευμα, politeuma

Note

politeuma: I.Louvre 22, l. 5

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	I.Louvre 22 (s. iii - ii BC)
	Note	Other editions are: I.Fayoum I 15, SB IV 7270, SEG VIII 573.
	Online Resources	I.Fayoum I 15 TM 5687 AGRW ID 20512
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek dedication of a pylon to Zeus, Athena, and the politeuma.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Limestone block, which was probably part of the pylon's façade.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

A πυλών, pylon and τὰ ἐν αὐτῶι πάντα, ta en autoi panta (ll. 3-4) are dedicated to the gods and the politeuma.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii.

Realty

The pylon and its furnishings (l. 3-4) dedicated to the gods and the politeuma may be a shrine and/or the meeting place of the politeuma itself.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	It is likely that the politeuma was a group formed by people involved in military life, and therefore men.
iii.	Age	Adults
	Note	If the military character of the politeuma is correct, it does not seem likely that children took part in it.
iv.	Status	Arrenides, son of Koderdos, Syrbendeus, who made the dedication, bore the aulic titulature of the protoi philoi of the King and he was an officer of the army and the royal guard τῶν ... χ(ιλι)ά(ρχων) καὶ περὶ τοὺς \| βασιλεῖς μα̣χ̣αιροφόρ̣ω̣ν, ton ... chiliarchon kai peri tous basileis machairophoron (ll. 2-3; cf. Mooren 1975: no. 0281). He was probably a member of the politeuma, which is very likely to have gathered people with a military background.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	Ἀρ̣ρενίδης Κοδέρδ̣ο̣υ Συρβενδεὺς τῶν (πρώτων) φίλων καὶ χ(ιλι)ά(ρχων) καὶ περὶ τοὺς βασιλεῖς μα̣χ̣αιροφόρ̣ω̣ν

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	Given the fact that Arrenides dedicated the pylon to Zeus and Athena, as well as to the politeuma of Cilicians, it is likely that the politeuma as a whole (and not just the dedicant) had a particular devotion to the two gods – especially if the pylon represented the shrine and/or meeting place of the politeuma.
	Deities worshipped	Zeus (?) Athena (?)

XII. NOTES