Stable URL: http://ancientassociations.ku.dk/assoc/1495Download as PDF
Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1495: he glykytate synergasia ton xylopristo[n]

Hide this section I. LOCATION

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

Hide this section II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ γλυκυτάτη συνεργασία τῶν ξυλοπριστῶ[ν] (I.Eph(esos) 2115, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he glykytate synergasia ton xylopristo[n]

Hide this section III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 250 (?) AD

Hide this section IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:xylopristai
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Eph(esos) 2115, l. 4

The adjective glykytate was probably not (like semnotate or hierotate in other associations) part of the group's official nomenclature, but chosen by the deceased in order to show intimate relations with the association. Cf. on its use in the "sphère familiale" Royer 2005: 170.

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 2115 (200 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.16
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 2115
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grave inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragments of a marble sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a wall

Hide this section VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The association has received money from the deceased; the interest is to be spent on annual banquets.

Hide this section X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The association meets in the seventh month at the grave of the deceased for a banquet with wine (oinoposion, l. 5).

Hide this section XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z *27C
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 139.
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: 169-170.

Hide this section 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