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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 887: neoi philanpeloi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Philadelpheia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) νέοι φιλάνπελοι (TAM V.3 1556, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) neoi philanpeloi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 107 - 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:neoi philanpeloi - It is probably an association of workers related to vineyards.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM V.3 1556 (107-161 AD)
Note See also:
EA 38: 42-3, fig. 3
Talanta 12/13: 87-90, no. 8
EA 18: 24f., no. 48
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Votive inscription dedicated by the association of "vine-lovers" to the goddess Meter Leto. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with pediment and acroteria
ii. Source(s) provenance It is supposed to come from Hayalli, later found in Esenyazi-Görnevit (now in Museum Manisa).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association has surely an income, from where it pays the votive dedication.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association dedicates a votive inscription to Meter Leto.
Deities worshipped Meter Leto

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad The same association (cf. Malay) is attested in Phrygia, probably in the sanctuary of Hosios kai Dikaios in Yaylababa köyü, though its name erroneously read by the editors as Φιλανγέλων (Philangelon, "of the angel-lovers"): Sheppard 1980/81: 87-90, no. 8 (SEG 31: 1130); Ricl 1991: 24f., no. 48 (SEG 41: 1210).
It is not sure if both associations have some relation.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments There was probably an earlier association of vine workers from which this one depends or is a renovation. Cf. the adjective νέοι (neoi, "new"). For the same designation in relation to other associations cf. ΤΑΜ V.1 92, ll. 1-3: ἡ σύνοδος τῶν νεῶν ποδαρίων (he synodos ton neon podarion); TAM V.1 451, ll. 1-3: ἡ νεωτέρα φράτρα τοῦ Ἀσκλεπιοῦ (he neotera phratra tou Askleiou); TAM V.1 537, l. 1: ἱερὰ συμβίωσις καὶ νεωτέρα (hiera symbiosis kai neotera).
iii. Bibliography Malay, H. (2005), ‘ΦΙΛΑΝΠΕΛΟΙ in Phrygia and Lydia’, EA 38: 42-4, fig. 3.
Ricl, M. (1991), ‘Hosios kai Dikaios. Premiere partie: Catalogue des inscriptions’, EA 18: 1-70, esp. 24f., no. 48.
Sheppard A.R.R. (1980/81), ‘Pagan Cults of Angels in Roman Asia Minor’, Talanta 12/13: 87-90, no. 8.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note It is probably a workers association or may be a sort of private friends- or symposiasts club.