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Last Updated on 06 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1384: synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος (SB XIV 11898 l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος synodos
Note synodos: σύνοδος (SB XIV 11898 l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SB XIV 11898 (II AD)
Online Resources SB XIV 11898
TM 26547
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Private letter concerning an association; Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) papyrus

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least three (or four if Tetradyme is a name), but more are alluded to by the context (l. 3: ἐκ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς συνόδου ek ton apo tes synodou)
ii. Gender Men
Note The recorded names are male names.
vi. Proper names and physical features Diogenes (brother of Sarapion who is a member of this association); Diogenes; Theonion; Tetradyme (?)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Tsantsanoglou, K. (1975) 'P.Yale inv. 554 Verso', ZPE 16: 137-138
Parássoglou, G.M. (1973) 'Five Private Letters from Roman Egypt', Hellenika 26: 271-281 (esp. 272-74).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The terminology used suggests an association context (l.3: ἐκ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς συνόδου, ek ton apo tes synodou) though the nature of the association and what exactly the letter is concerned with are unclear.