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Last Updated on 16 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1140: synergasia kyrtobolon

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνεργασία κυρτοβόλων (I.Smyrna 715, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synergasia kyrtobolon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:kyrtoboloi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna 715 (200 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.2.3
Online Resources I.Smyrna 715
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Civic decree, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a pottery workshop; possibly from the Agora

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The civic boule has erected something for the association of fishermen using weirs, presumably a place to sell their goods (Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 165; Royer 2005: 74-5).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials L. 6 mentions tamieuontes, but these are probably civic officials.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 32
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.

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