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Last Updated on 08 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 400: he synergasia ton sippinarion

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συνεργασία τῶν σιππιναρίων (Dittmann-Schöne III.3.12, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synergasia ton sippinarion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 208 / 209 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms cf. the συππινᾶδες in Smyrna (Dittmann-Schöne II.2.1, l. 4)
ii. Name elements
Professional:Flax linen workers
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: Dittmann-Schöne III.3.12, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Dittmann-Schöne III.3.12 (208/9 AD)
Note See also:
Petzl 1998: 30-1, no. 14
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription dedicated by the association to Markellos, son of Markion, 50 years old. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with pediment
ii. Source(s) provenance The city of Saittai or its territory

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii. Obligations The association probably had the obligation to prepare and take care of its member's tombs, though it is not sure if in this case the deceased is a member or not.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association must have funds in order to erect funerary inscriptions (and tombs).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number Only one member is attested, who was 50 years old.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association had funerary activities for its members, perhaps also for other members of the community.
On funerary activities of professional associations cf. van Nijf 1997: 38-69.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 199.
van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam: 38-69.
Petzl, G. (1998), ‘Neue Inschriften aus Lydien (III)’, EA 30: 19-46, esp. 30-1, no. 14.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note It is a craftmanship association.