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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 610: syntechnia oikodomon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Gadara

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συντεχνία οἰκοδόμων (SEG 44: 1354, ll.-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) syntechnia oikodomon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:oikodomoi
iii. Descriptive terms συντεχνία, syntechnia
Note syntechnia: SEG 44: 1354, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 44: 1354 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also AGRW 268.
Online Resources AGRW ID 4829
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Octogonal base of basalt
ii. Source(s) provenance Gadara, built into a modern house

XII. NOTES

i. Comments From the two words of this inscription, nothing more than the existence of this association can be learned. The inscription was apparently added later; the base is dated to the early first century AD.
iii. Bibliography Weber, T.M. (2002), Gadara - Umm Qēs I: Gadara Decapolitana. Untersuchungen zur Topographie, Geschichte, Architektur und Bildenden Kunst einer "Polis Hellenis" im Ostjordanland. Wiesbaden (289).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.