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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 422: hoi idioi synbiotai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Pisidia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) oἱ ἴδιοι συνβιῶται (SEG 52: 1395, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi idioi synbiotai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) - iii (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:συνβιῶται, synbiotai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 52: 1395 (i (?) - iii (?) AD)
Online Resources SEG 52: 1395
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek funerary dedication.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble bust of a bearded man.
ii. Source(s) provenance It is reported to have been brought from the region of Isparta. Now, it belongs to a private collection in Izmir (cf. Tanrıver 2002: 103-6).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds This group would have provided funds for the bust privately.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities This group honours Auxanon with a marble bust after his death

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The original editor dismisses the identification of this group as members of a synbiosis because of the adjective ἴδιοι, idioi. Therefore, Tanrıver translates the term συνβιῶται, synbiotai, as 'companions'.
With this single testimony whose exact provenance is unknown, it is impossible to decide whether this is simply referring to a group of friends that honoured Auxanon or an established private association.
iii. Bibliography Tanrıver, C. (2002), ‘Funerary Inscriptions in a Private Collection’, EA 34: 103-6.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The single surviving attestation of this group does not provide any precise detail about their nature, members or continuity. Hence its evaluation as a private association can only be possible.