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Last Updated on 18 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1959: synodos hieronikon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Herakleopolites (U20)
iii. Site Ankyropolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος ἱερονεικῶν (l. ἱερονικῶν)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos hieronikon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 212 (?) - 222 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:hieronikai
Status-related:hieronikai
iii. Descriptive terms synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Hib. II 274 (AD 218 - 222 or AD 212 - 217)
Note See also Casanova 2008.
Online Resources P.Hib. II 274
TM 21148
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek. Petition (?)
i.c. Physical format(s) Papyrus

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials The equestrian here (if that is indeed what he is, ll. 1-2) appears to be acting as an elder of this association (if Casanova's reconstruction is correct: πρεσβεύοντι presbeuonti from πρεσβεύω presbeuo, although one wonders whether πρεσβύτερος presbyteros would have been his title in the association [but cf. Pap. Agon. 1 = CAPInv. 1912 for what appears to be an ex-secretary(?), l. 83: γραμματεύσας τῆς συνόδου, grammateusas tes synodou, and Pap. Agon. 6 = CAPInv. 1952, l. 102 have γραμ̣μ̣ατεύων grammateuon for what seems to be a current secretary in post).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number ? The two individuals mentioned (see names below) may, or may not be members of the association.
iv. Status Depending on the date, members may have been Roman citizens given the Constitutio Antoniniana. One member (if this is to whom this petition is actually addressed) may have been an equestrian, and therefore, of high status.
vi. Proper names and physical features Heron (l.4); Hermias (l.4).

Whether or not these individuals are members of this association is difficult to know; there is nothing in the text to suggest that they actually are.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Cf. he synodos ton hieronikon kai stephaniton from SEG 53: 866 (CAPInv. 1728).
iii. Bibliography Casanova, G. (2008) "'"A caval donato ...": P.Hib. II 274 riesaminato.' Aegyptus 88: 127-136.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It seems likely that this is a private athletic association, given the use of the terms synodos hieronikon and their appearance in other association correspondence and contexts.