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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1470: he synergasia ton lanarion

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συνεργασία τῶν λαναρίων (I.Eph(esos) 727, ll. 6-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synergasia ton lanarion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 138 (?) - 161 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:lanarioi
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Eph(esos) 727, l. 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 727 (138 (?) - 161 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.6

The inscription is normally dated to the time of Antoninus Pius.
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 727
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Statue base, greek
ii. Source(s) provenance Found near the bouleuterion

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours Publius Vedius Antoninus (presumably the third bearer of that name; cf. Kalinowski 2002: 133-4, who also points to his connections to other associations involved in the production or sale of woven products). He is referred to by this group as well as by other associations as founder of the city.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 132 discusses the possibility that the lanarioi and the eriopolai are in fact identical, and that the reason for the erection of a statue of P. Vedius Antoninus was his help in obtaining seat reservations in the gymnasium of Vedius (cf. CAPInv. 1466). But as Kalinowski 2002: 133 points out, "wool making and wool selling are very different processes".
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 132.
Kalinowski, A. (2002), ‘The Vedii Antonini: Aspects of Patronage and Benefaction in Second-Century Ephesos’, Phoenix 56: 109-49.

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