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Last Updated on 21 May 2019

Author: Nikolaos Giannakopoulos

CAPInv. 545: he synodos ton stephaneplokon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Pontus
iii. Site Sinope

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ σύνοδος τῶν στεφανηπλόκων (I.Sinope 128, ll. 2-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synodos ton stephaneplokon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:stephanoplokoi
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Sinope 128
Online Resources I.Sinope 128
AGRW ID# 13354
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek set up by the association
i.c. Physical format(s) Pedimantal stele
ii. Source(s) provenance The inscription was found in Sinope.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association set up a funerary inscription in memory of L. Cornelius Rufus, perhaps but not certainly a member. This suggests that the association saw to L. Cornelius Rufus’ burial but whether this was a general practice applied to all the members or whether the association owned a burial plot cannot be ascertained (on the funerary activities of professional associations see Van Nijf 1997: 38-55).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Van Nijf, O. (1997), The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term synodos to describe the group setting up the funerary inscription for L. Cornelius Rufus indicates that it was an organised private association.