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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 118: [he] synbiosis (l. symbiosis)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Akmoneia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ] συνβίωσις (SEG 40: 1192, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he] synbiosis (l. symbiosis)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 215 / 216 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms συμβίωσις, symbiosis
Note symbiosis: SEG 40: 1192, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 40: 1192 (215 / 216 AD)
Note See also:
MAMA XI 110
Online Resources SEG 40: 1192
MAMA XI 110
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication of an altar by the association. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a lane in Kayili (a κατοικία, katoikia (l. 4), "village", on the territory of Akmoneia).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Altar

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members φῶτες, photes (l. 7)

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 19
ii. Gender Men
iv. Status The members refer to themselves as Achaeans. Many communities in the region claimed to originate from Argos.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The association dedicates an altar to Zeus Alsenos, who is supposed to be kind towards the village.
Deities worshipped Zeus Alsenos

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Drew-Bear, Th., and Naour, Chr. (1990), ‘Divinités de Phrygie’, ANRW II.18.3: 1907-2044, esp. 1929-31.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note We have too little information to either doubt or conclusively prove the private character of the association. That Zeus Alsenos is asked to be kind towards the village (not the association) is not surprising and does not necessarily suggest a public nature of the symbiosis.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain