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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 546: he synago[g]e ton koureo[n p]eri archisynag[og]on G. Ioulion [O]ualenta

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Propontic Thrace
iii. Site Perinthos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συναγω[γ]ὴ τῶν κουρέω[ν π]ερὶ ἀρχισυνάγ[ωγ]ον Γ. Ἰούλιον [Ο]ὐάλεντα (Ι.Perinthos 49A, ll. 5-9)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synago[g]e ton koureo[n p]eri archisynag[og]on G. Ioulion [O]ualenta

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. i AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:π]ερὶ ἀρχισυνάγ[ωγ]ον Γ. Ἰούλιον [Ο]ὐάλεντα, p]eri archisynag[og]on G. Ioulion [O]ualenta
Professional:κουρεῖς, koureis (l. 6) (barbers, hair-cutters)
iii. Descriptive terms συναγωγή, synagoge
Note synagoge: I.Perinthos 49A, ll. 5-6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Perinthos 49A (e. i AD)
Note See also: GRA I 86
Online Resources I.Perinthos 49A and AGRW ID 2588
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek made by a διοικητής, dioiketes (l. 1), and a second person in honour of the synagoge.
i.c. Physical format(s) Rectangular marble altar (0.51 x 0.21 x 0.19)
ii. Source(s) provenance The stone was seen in 1896 by Kalinka at Köprüce, 19 km to the NW of Perinthos. No autopsy of the stone since then and present whereabouts unknown.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The inscription mentions the restoration of a βωμός, bomos (ll. 4-5) (altar) and the preparation of the τόπος, topos (l. 11) (ground) around it; ll. 4-5 and 9-12: τὸν βω[μ]ὸν...δῶ[ρ]ον ἀποκατέστησαν κα[ὶ] τὸν τόπο[ν] [παρεσκεύ]ασα[ν], ton bo[m]on...do[r]on apokatestesan ka[i] ton topo[n] [pareskeu]asa[n].

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership ἀρχισυνάγ[ωγ]ος, archisynag[og]os (ll. 8-9)
iv. Officials διοικητής, dioiketes (l. 2); this title, which followed the name of the first dedicant, was interpreted by Polland 1909: 378 as indicating the person responsible for the financial management of the association. Poland is followed by Sayar, I.Perinthos, p. 231.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association possessed a τόπος, topos, on which the βωμός, bomos was set up.
iv. Endowments The use of the word δῶρον, doron, indicates that the expenses generated by the restoration of the altar and the preparation of the ground around it were not covered by the association but by the donors.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note A professional association of κουρεῖς, koureis, probably consisted of male adults.
iii. Age Adults
Note A professional association of κουρεῖς, koureis, probably consisted of male adults.
iv. Status This was a professional association of κουρεῖς, koureis.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The name of the deity, to which the altar was dedicated, is not preserved.The inscription engraved at the back side of the altar (see CAPInv. 547) mentions Zeus Lophites, but no connection is necessary.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The word συναγωγή, synagoge, occurs twice at Perinthos to denote professional associations, see also CAPInv. 543.
The same stone bore two inscriptions referring to different associations, one at the front side and one (see CAPInv. 547) at the back. Both inscriptions are known only through Kalinka's facsimile.
ii. Poland concordance Polland B *68
iii. Bibliography Kalinka, E. (1896), ‘Antike Inschriften in Constantinopel und Umgebung’, AEMÖ 19: 58-68, esp. 67-8.
Poland, F. (1909), Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note As indicated by its name