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Author: Sofia Kravaritou

CAPInv. 1239: ton synergasmenon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Thessaly. Pelasgiotis.
iii. Site Agia (Ancient Sykourion)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τῶν συνηργασμένων (IG IX.2 1076, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ton synergasmenon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms τοῦ κοινοῦ ἐργαστηρίου (IG IX.2 1076, ll. 1-2)
ii. Name elements
Professional:The term synergasmenoi (cf. in other cases synergastai CAPInv. 851) relates to a synergasia, a guild of fellow workers (cf. CAPInv. 404).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG IX.2 1076, ll. 1-2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IX.2 1076 (Imp.)
Online Resources IG IX.2 1076
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script The members and leaders of the koinon ergasterion dedicate the honorific statue of the priest Diophanes (l. 5), as thank-offering to Apollo Gadenos.
i.c. Physical format(s) Cylindrical statue base of marble, bearing a dedicatory inscription inscribed in a tabula ansata.
ii. Source(s) provenance Agia (Ancient Sykourion)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains Located in the modern church of Agia Triada.

VII. ORGANIZATION

Gender Male
ii. Leadership The text mentions Demosthenes and Pylades of the koinon ergasterion followed by Rufus and Glykon ton proegoumenon (l. 3); all are mentioned by their personal name or cognomen. The first two should be the hegoumenoi.
iv. Officials The honoured priest Diophanes - mentioned only by name- must be the priest of the ergasterion.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The group dedicates a statue as thanks-giving to the God.
Deities worshipped Apollo Gadenos
iv. Honours/Other activities The group erects a honorific statue of a priest.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The presence of an ergasterion, hegoumenoi and synergasmenoi suggests in every probability the presence of a craftsmanship association.
ii. Historical authenticity The text renders the historical authenticity of the group certain.