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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 319: syn[odos ...

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Rhamnous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύν[οδος ... (Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 203, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) syn[odos ...

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 41 / 40 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 203, ll. 4-5

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 203 (41/0 BC)
Note Other publications:SEG 49: 4
Cf. SEG 40: 161; 43: 59; 52: 151
BE 1995: no. 253
Online Resources Petrakos, Δῆμος τοῦ Ραμνοῦντος, 203
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script List of the names of the members of the association, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Four fragments of a pedimental stele. In the middle of the pediment half of a shield in relief is preserved.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Rhamnous, now in the local collection, 1009Φ.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects A reference to three couches (τρίκλινα, triklina) in l. 3

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Perhaps the term chief-eranistes (ἀρχερανιστής, archeranistes) in l. 5. denotes the leader of the group.
iii. Members The members of the group are described in ll. 4-5 as οἱ μετέχοντες τῆς συνόδου, hoi metechontes tes synodou, and in l. 6 as ἐρανισταί, eranistai.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number At least 19 names of members survive.
ii. Gender Men
Note At least 19 names survive.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status It is certain that three of the members are Athenian citizens (ll. 5-6, 8, 25), one is mentioned with a single name (l. 7), while the remaining sixteen are likely to be citizens.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events τρίκλινα, triklina (l. 3) are mentioned: this suggests banquets.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The document is dated on the archonship of Nikandros.
iii. Bibliography Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C. Paris: 347.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (synodos, eranistai etc), the typology of the text, and the nature of the inscription suggest that this was a private association.