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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 661: theou hagiou ouraniou syngenia

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Palaestina
iii. Site Kedesh

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) θεοῦ ἁγίου οὐρανίου συνγένια (SEG 8: 2, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) theou hagiou ouraniou syngenia

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 116 / 117 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Kinship-related:syngenia
Theophoric:Theos Hagios Ouranios
iii. Descriptive terms συνγενία, syngenia
Note syngenia: SEG 8: 2, ll. 2-3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 36: 1289 (AD 116/7)
Note See also: SEG 8: 2
Online Resources SEG 8: 2
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek votive inscription
ii. Source(s) provenance From the Roman temple at Kadesh

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials ἐπιμεληταί, epimeletai (l. 4). Two of them are mentioned in the inscription.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Aliquot, J. (2009), La vie religieuse au Liban sous l’empire romain. Beyrouth: 115, 278.
Fischer, M., Ovadiah, A., and Roll, I. (1986), ‘The Epigraphic Finds from the Roman Temple at Kedesh in the Upper Galilee’, Tel Aviv 13: 60-6.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The syngenia of a god is in all likelihood an association; the names of the two epimeletai do not suggest an actual family relationship. According to Fischer et al. 1986: 61, syngenia "in this instance expresses the relationship between the worshippers and the deity". This is not necessarily true; syngenia is the term for corporate organization, which is carried out in the name of a god, but by humans. In this case, they have chosen a term that expresses their close, kinship-like affiliation.