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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1464: kannabarioi Serbeiliou stoas

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κανναβάριοι Σερβειλίου στοᾶς (I.Eph(esos) 454b, ll. 1-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) kannabarioi Serbeiliou stoas

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 (?) - 250 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms κανναβάριοι οἱ ἐν τῇ Σερβει(λ)είου στοᾷ (I.Eph(esos) 445, ll. 8-10)
[καν]ναβαρίων ἡ συ[νερ]γασία (SEG 43: 812, ll. 6-8)
ii. Name elements
Professional:kannabarioi
Topographical:Serbeilios stoas
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: SEG 43: 812, ll. 7-8

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 445 (150 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
I.Eph(esos) 454b (150 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
SEG 43: 812 (150 (?) - 250 (?) AD) (= Suppl. Ephes. 2663*18)
Note See also:
Suppl. Ephes. 2663*18
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.2

The terminus post quem for I.Eph(esos) 454 is given by the completion of the gymnasium of Vedius in 146/7 AD (for the date: Halfmann 2001: 79), if they did not originally come from elsewhere (Kalinowski 2002: 125-6).
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 445
I.Eph(esos) 454b
Suppl. Ephes. 2663*18
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script I.Eph(esos) 454b is an inscription designating reserved seating.
I.Eph(esos) 445 is a dedicatory inscription.
SEG 43: 812 is a grave inscription.
In greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) I.Eph(esos) 445 and I.Eph(esos) 454 are written on pillars, SEG 43: 812 is a marble plate.
ii. Source(s) provenance I.Eph(esos) 454 comes from the gymnasium of Vedius; I.Eph(esos) 445 was found on a field east of the gymnasium; SEG 43: 812 was found near the basilica of St. John.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Διάστυλα, diastyla (I.Eph(esos) 445, l. 10): Places between the columns of a hall, where professional associations could work and sell their products. The association had two of them.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association received (as did 7 other professional associations) two διάστυλα, diastyla in a columned hall built (or rather renovated) by the asiarches and prytanis M. Fulvius Publicianus Nikephoros (on the location in a 'high traffic area', cf. Kalinowski 2002: 125-7). It also had (like 5 other professional associations) reserved seats in the latrine of the gymnasium of Vedius.
iv. Endowments The care of a grave (SEG 43: 812) may have been connected to an endowment, as was often the case, but the deceased may also have been a member of the association.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The association appears in two instances alongside a number of other professional associations, in an area that was clearly marked by economic interaction.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.
Halfmann, H. (2001), Städtebau und Bauherren im römischen Kleinasien. Ein Vergleich zwischen Pergamon und Ephesos. Tübingen.
Kalinowski, A. (2002), ‘The Vedii Antonini: Aspects of Patronage and Benefaction in Second-Century Ephesos’, Phoenix 56: 109-49.
Ruffing, K. (2008), Die berufliche Spezialisierung in Handel und Handwerk. 2 vols. Rahden.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The association shows the same features of public institutions as do other professional associations in Asia Minor and Ephesos; there is nevertheless no reason to hink that it was not ultimately based on the members' private decisions.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain