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Last Updated on 11 Jul 2019

Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 1040: ho station ton kata polin kepouron

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Miletus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ στατίων τῶν κατὰ πόλιν κηπουρῶν (Milet VI.3 1139 ll. 4-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho station ton kata polin kepouron

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:κατὰ πόλιν κηπουροί, kata polin kepouroi, ("gardeners within the city")
iii. Descriptive terms στατίων, station
Note The term station (lat. statio) is mostly used for associations of foreign merchants. As a designation for an associations of locals it is highly unusual.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Milet VI.3 1139
Note OGIS 755; Dittmann-Schöne 2001: 170-1 no. II.5.9; Ascough et al. 2012: no. 182.
Online Resources OGIS 755
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorary inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Blueish marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance Used as a building block in the early Byzantine round-church by the west corner of the southern city wall.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The text does not show the association directly involved in worship, but it honors a man in his cultic function.
Deities worshipped Theos Hypsistos
iv. Honours/Other activities The association honors Ulpios Karpos – priest of the holiest, highest god, the savior (ἁγιώτατος θεὸς ὕψιστος σωτήρ, agiotatos theos hypsistos soter) –, who is described as "its benefactor in all things".

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The person honored by the association is honored by the Milesian association of the clam fishers (CAPInv. 1039) as well.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Ascough, S., Harland, Ph.A., and Kloppenborg, J.S. (2012), Associations in the Greco-Roman World. A Sourcebook. Waco.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (station) along with the professional and religious character suggests a private association.