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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Egypt
ii.	Nome	Tentyrites (U06)
iii.	Site	Dendera (?)

II. NAME

i.

Association with unknown name

U-EGY-045

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

3 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii.	Descriptive terms	ẖny.t
	Note	ẖny.t: l. 4. In both editions of this inscription, the word ‘association’ is translitterated sn.t, but this reading was rejected by De Cenival 2006.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Short Texts I 171 (8 Pahmenoth year 32 of Augustus = 4 March AD 3).
	Note	Other edition: Chauveau 1993.
	Online Resources	TM 53812
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	This text is a Demotic dedication made by a mr šn, in the name of his association (which is unknown).
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Sandstone stela (mesures are unknown). A king (Augustus) is pictured offering bread and beer to three deities.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	The stela comes from Dendera, from the content (both editors agree on it). It is now in the Municipal Museum of Shimonoseki (Japan).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

Maybe the text refers to the building where the association used to meet (ʿ.wy l. 1), but the reading is not sure.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii.	Leadership	The mr šn (lesonis) cited l. 3-4 is probably the president of the association. The lesonis is usually an official attached to temples. In an association, the mr šn is an administrator or the president (De Cenival 1972: 154-159). Considering the way the title is mentioned in the inscription, it appears slightly more likely that it refers here to a function in the association.
iii.	Members	Referred to as nȝ rmṯ.w (n) ẖny.t (‘the people (from the) association’, l. 4).
v.	Other staff	The strategos Tryphon is mentioned in the inscription (l. 2). We do not know if he has a role in the association or if he just took part in the dedication.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	Both people cited in the inscription are men, but only one of them is a member (l.3-4). We do not know about the others.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	-Ḥr-my-Ḏbȝ sȝ Pȝ-mr-ỉḥ pȝ mr-šn (Hartmabos son of Pelaias). -Trpn (Tryphon) .

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

The association had connections with official authorities, as the strategos of the nome is one of the dedicants of the inscription. The organisation had probably links to the temple of Dendera.

XII. NOTES

iii.

Bibliography

De Cenival, Fr. (1972), Les associations religieuses en Égypte d’après les documents démotiques, Le Caire.
De Cenival, Fr. (2006), ‘À propos du mot désignant en démotique « l’association »’, RdE 57 : 233-234.
Cauville, S., (1991), 'Dieux et prêtres à Dendera au Ier siècle avant Jésus-Christ', BIFAO 91: 69-97.
Chauveau, M. (1993), 'Une stèle au nom du stratège Tryphon', JEAN 4: 1-5.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Certain
	Note	The use of ẖny.t (l. 4) to describe this group proves that it was a private association.

CAPInv. 1509: U-EGY-045