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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1011: he syntechnia linourgo[n]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Anazarbos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συντεχνία λινουργῶ[ν] (I.Anazarbos 3, ll. 10-11)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he syntechnia linourgo[n]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 136 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:linourgoi
iii. Descriptive terms συντεχνία, syntechnia
Note syntechnia: I.Anazarbos 3, l. 11

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Anazarbos 3 (136 AD)
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW 210
Dittmann-Schöne VI.7.1
GRA II 436
Hicks 1890: 240-1, no. 8
IGR III 896
Labarre and Le Dinahet 1996: 114, no. 82
Waltzing 1895-1900: 23, no. 96
Zimmermann 2002: 178 and 205f
Online Resources AGRW ID# 13369
I.Anazarbos 3
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone base for a statue (H. 1.81 m, W. 0.63-0.65 m, Th. 0.54 m)
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone is built into a tower of the northern city wall

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association must have proper funds to erect the honorific statue of Hadrian.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The linen workers honoured the emperor Hadrian with a statue.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 86
iii. Bibliography Broughton, T.R.S. (1975), ‘Roman Asia Minor’, in Frank, T. (ed.), An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. New York: 499-916, esp. 844.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.
Harland, P.A. (2014), Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary, II. North Coast of the Black Sea, Asia Minor. Berlin, Boston.
Hicks, E.L. (1890), ‘Inscriptions from Eastern Cilicia’, JHS 11: 236-54, esp. 240-1, no. 8.
Labarre, G., and Le Dinahet, M.-Th. (1996), ‘Les métiers du textile en Asie Mineure de l'époque hellénistique à l'époque impériale’, in Aspects de l'artisanat du textile dans le monde méditerranéen (Égypte, Grèce, Monde romain). Lyon, Paris: 49-116, esp. 114, no. 82.
Ruffing, K. (2004), ‘Die Selbstdarstellung von Händlern und Handwerkern in den griechischen Inschriften’, MBAH 23,2: 85-102, esp. 93-4 (SEG 54: 1829).
Waltzing, J.-P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionnelles chez les Romains: depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. Louvain.
Zimmermann, C. (2002), Handwerkervereine im griechischen Osten des Imperium Romanum. Mainz.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name of the association and the documented activity suggest a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain