Stable URL: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/assoc/790Download as PDF
Last Updated on 01 Dec 2018

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 790: ho en Syenei Dioskouriakos thiasos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Elephantine (U01)
iii. Site Elephantine

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ ἐν Σ<υ>ήνηι Διοσκουριακὸς θίασος (SB V 7578, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho en Syenei Dioskouriakos thiasos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:en Syenei
Theophoric:Dioskouriakos, Dioscuri
iii. Descriptive terms θίασος, thiasos
Note Thiasos: SB V 7578, ll. 4, 9

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SB V 7578 (I BC ?)
Online Resources SB V 7578
TM 6237
AGRW ID 20942
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek receipt of rent in kind for some land belonging to the association.
i.c. Physical format(s) Ostracon.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members are referred to as οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἐν Σ<υ>ήνηι | Διοσκουριακοῦ θιάσου, hoi ek tou en Syenei Dioskouriakou thiasou (ll. 3-4).
iv. Officials The association had an οἰκονομῶν, oikonomon (l. 2), named Thrakidas, son of Hierax, who was also strategos of the nome.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association owned corn-land in Ser (ll. 7-9: τῆς ὑπαρ|χούσης γῆς σι[το]φόρου ἐν Σῆρ̣ | τῷ προγεγ[ραμ]μένῳ θιάσῳ, tes hyparchouses ges sitophorou en Ser to progegrammeno thiaso), which was let to Bienchis, son of Pates, and his associates (l. 6: μέτοχοι, metochoi).
iii. Income The association received rent for the land leased. The rent was paid in kind (l. 6-7: μεμετρή|κατε). The amount paid is lost in lacuna.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Only one member, the oikonomon, is recorded: he was a man.
iv. Status Thrakidas, son of Hierax, oikonomon of the association, was also strategos of the nome (ll. 1-2).
vi. Proper names and physical features Θρακίδας Ἱέρακος στρατ(ηγὸς) καὶ οἰκονομῶν

XII. NOTES

i. Comments There is no evidence to maintain any connection between this association and the third-century BC synbasilistai kai Dioskouriastai (CAPInv. 606).

XIII. EVALUATION

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