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Last Updated on 16 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1139: he synergasia ton argyrokopon kai chrysochoon

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συνεργασία τῶν ἀργυροκόπων καὶ χρυσοχόων (I.Smyrna 721, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synergasia ton argyrokopon kai chrysochoon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 30 (?) - 1 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:argyrokopoi, chrysochooi
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Smyrna 721

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna 721 (30 (?) - 1 (?) BC)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.2.2
Online Resources I.Smyrna 721
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) No description; the stone is lost.
ii. Source(s) provenance Smyrna

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Athena (l. 3): The association has repaired the statue of Athena and “restored it to the home city”.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The inscription is dated by reference to a “commander of weapons” Lucius Vinicius. If this is indeed the proconsul of that name (Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 165; cf I.Kyme 17 (27 BCE)), the inscription is a rather early piece of evidence for professional associations in Smyrna. It is also a good illustration of euergetic behavior of associations towards their city (Van Nijf 1997: 146; Royer 2005: 80).
ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 31
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 165.
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.
Van Nijf, O.M. (1997), The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

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