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Last Updated on 04 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1279: pastophoron synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Oxyrhynchites (U19)
iii. Site Oxyrhynchus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) π]αστοφό(ρων) σύ̣ν̣οδος (P.Oslo III 143, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) pastophoron synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:pastophoroi
Status-related:pastophoroi
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: P.Oslo III 143, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Oslo III 143 (I AD)
Online Resources P.Oslo III 143
TM 25911
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Expense Account of the association; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus (8.3 x 9.5 cm)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials The account mentions a payment of 5 drachmas made to a γραμματεύς grammateus (l. 4). This may be the group's own official, but could also potentially be a secretary of another group.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds It is probable that the group had a treasury or fund of some sort. The funds paid out to individuals mentioned here likely originated in the group's common fund.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least 5 individuals are mentioned as potential members to whom payments are made
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded names are male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features Thonis son of Teos; Thompakhrates; Sentheus, son of Thoo(); Ouerethonis; the secretary is not named

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events A "common feast" for which the group spend 12 drachmas is mentioned in line 5: ἱστιατορίας κοινω( ) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ histiatorias koino( ) (drachmai) 12; a meeting in the temple of Thonis, for which the group spent 10 drachmas, is also mentioned, line 8: συνόδωι ἐν τῷ Θων̣ι̣είου (δραχμαὶ) ι, synodoi en to Thonieiou drachmai 10.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction There is potentially evidence of interaction between associations thanks to a reference to what appears to be a second synodos, the synodos Damarionos (l. 9) (CAPInv. 1369).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note More than likely dealing with an association based on the use of terminology here to designate the group as a synodos of pastophori.