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Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1380: U-EGY-075

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-EGY-075

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 184 AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Mich. IX 575 (25 Jul AD 184)
Note AGRW 289
Online Resources P.Mich. IX 575
TM 12066
AGRW ID 2885
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Letter of resignation from Epiodoros to the president and members of an association in Greek

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Thrax, ἐπιμελητής epimeletes (l. 1)
iii. Members συνοδῖται sunoditai (l. 2).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income Given the subject of the letter, and the use of ἀσθενῶς asthenos (l. 4) one assumes that a) Epiodoros was financially unable to continue as a member, and b) that the obligations may have been significant enough to cause Epiodoros to leave.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The names recorded are male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features Thrax; Epiodoros

XII. NOTES

i. Comments There is nothing in this document to suggest that Epiodoros was the patron of this club; in fact the context suggests that Epiodoros pointedly includes himself among the synoditai. Concerning the issue of impoverishment at the heart of Epiodoros' resignation, see Lewis 1937: 65, n. 2; cf. P.Graux 2 = SB IV 7462 = Sel.Pap. II 281 11-13 (AD 55-59) which may well suggest influence or power, however.
iii. Bibliography Lewis, N. (1937) 'Μερισμὸς ἀνακεχωρηκότων: An Aspect of the Roman Oppression in Egypt.' JEA 23: 63-75, reprinted in A. E. Hanson (ed.), On Government and Law in Roman Egypt: Collected Papers of Naphtali Lewis (American Studies in Papyrology 33), Atlanta 1995: 1-13.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The identification of the letter's recipients as synoditai suggests the group was an association, as does the use of the title epimeletes for the group's official. The nature of the group and its composition is unclear.