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Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 72: hoi to tetagmenon echontes en toi Arsinoitei hippeis

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ τὸ τεταγμένον ἔχοντες ἐν τῶι Ἀρσινοίτηι ἱππεῖς (I.Fayoum I 9, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi to tetagmenon echontes en toi Arsinoitei hippeis

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 80 - 68 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:Arsinoites
Other:hippeis (army)
to tetagmenon (military post)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Fayoum I 9 (80/79-69/68 BC)
Note Other editions: SB I 623; SEG XXVI 1728.
Online Resources I.Fayoum I 9
TM 6543
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary Greek dedication on behalf of Ptolemy XII Neo Dionysus Auletes and Cleopatra V Tryphaena.
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership [ἀρχισυνά]γωγος, [archisyna]gogos (l. 6). The same man was also high-priest of the association (ἀρχιερεύς, archiereus, l. 6).
iv. Officials ἀρχιερεύς, archiereus (l. 6). This charge was held by the president of the association himself ([ἀρχισυνά]γωγος, [archisyna]gogos, l. 6).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Given the fact that the members of the association belonged to the cavalry (hippeis, l. 5), they were men.
iii. Age Adults
Note As military men, the members of the association were adults.
iv. Status The association gathered together the cavarly-men who had their post in the Arsinoite nome (ll. 4-5).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association of hippeis stationed in the Arsinoites showed their loyalty to the Royal House by dedicating the inscription on behalf of the King and Queen.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The restoration [ἀρχισυνά]γωγος, [archisyna]gogos in l. 6 seems certain and would leave no doubts about this being a private association.