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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 456: he homotechnia ton kepouron Steunenon

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ὁμοτεχνία τῶν κηπουρῶν Στευνηνῶν (MAMA IX 49, ll. 2-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he homotechnia ton kepouron Steunenon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:Steunos was a cave near Aizanoi.
Professional:kepouroi, gardeners
iii. Descriptive terms ὁμοτεχνία, homotechnia
Note homotechnia: MAMA IX 49, ll. 2-3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA IX 49 (i - ii AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne V.3.I
Online Resources MAMA IX 49
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar
ii. Source(s) provenance Agari (5km north of Aizanoi)

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Two men, Neikophanes (l. 4) and Agathenor (l. 5), dedicate the altar to Zeus Bennios.
If the genitive Μήνιτος, Menitos (l. 5), refers to both names and not just to the second, Neikophanes and Agathenor are brothers.
Deities worshipped Zeus Bennios

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The "gardeners of Steunene" are usually believed to have worked on the territory belonging to the sanctuary of Meter Steunene (named after the cave Steunos, where she was worshipped in conjunction with Zeus).
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 213-4.
Drew-Bear, Th., and Naour, C. (1990), ‘Divinités de Phrygie’, ANRW 18.3: 1907-2044, esp. 1983-6, no. 18.
Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Lyon: 329-30.

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