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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 189: he syntechnia ton hydraleton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Hierapolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συντεχνία τῶν ὑδραλετῶν (AAT 101: 297, no. 7, ll. 7-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he syntechnia ton hydraleton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:ὑδραλεταί, hydraletai
iii. Descriptive terms συντεχνία, syntechnia
Note syntechnia: AAT 101: 297, no. 7, l. 7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) AAT 101: 297, no. 7 ( ii - iii AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne V.5.13
Online Resources AAT 101: 297, no. 7
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Epitaph. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance Northern necropolis of Hierapolis

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The association is named as the recipient of a fine to be exacted from any violator of the tomb. It is second in line after the civic treasury (500 denarii for the tamion, 300 for the hydraletai; apparently a standard form of distribution, cf. Altertümer von Hierapolis 218).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 244-5.
Ritti, T. (1995), ‘Associazioni di mestiere a Hierapolis di Frigia’, in B. Maria Giannattasio (ed.), Viaggi e commerci nell'antichità. Atti VII Giornata Archeologia, Genova: 65-84.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain