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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1728: he synodos ton hieroneikon kai st[epha]niton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ σύνοδος τῶν ἱερονεικῶν καὶ στ[εφα]νιτῶν
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synodos ton hieroneikon kai st[epha]niton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 - 199 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:ton hieroneikon kai st[epha]niton
iii. Descriptive terms synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 53.866.
Online Resources PHI: SEG 53:866
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Inscription recording the building of an oikos of a synod of winners of sacred contests.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele, reused. The inscription on the front face was SEG 53.860 (2nd c. BC).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The inscription records the equipping and decoration of a building belonging to the group, οἶκος (line 2), and the construction of a μαγειρεῖον (line 3).

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership archon, ἄρχων (lines 4-5)
Eponymous office The inscription is dated ἐπὶ ἄρχοντος Ποπ(λίου) Οὐ[ιψτανίου Μενάν]δρου, presumably indicating the eponymous office of the group.
iv. Officials archipoimenos, ἀρχιποίμενος (line 6)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds See immediately below.
ii. Realty The references to buildings (see VI.ii) and to a 'chief shepherd' (VII.iv) suggest that the group possessed properties and presumably had access to both funds and revenue.
iii. Income See immediately above.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least 3 individuals are attested in the text.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The references to buildings intended for meetings and feasting (see VI.ii), suggest that the group met regularly, presumably for collective meals of meat (cf. also VII.iv).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note This appears to be a local iteration of the synod of winners of sacred contests. For the international synod of athletes, cf. inter alia, CAPI no. 121, and CAPI no. 1667.