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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 626: to symposion ton konet[--]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Syria
iii. Site Palmyra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ συμπόσιον τῶν κονετ[--] (IGLS XVII.1 143, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to symposion ton konet[--]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 257 / 258 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:It is unclear what konet[oi?] means, but the analogy to the symposia of chrysochooi, argyrokopoi, skyteis and askonautopoioi suggests that this is another professional association.
iii. Descriptive terms συμπόσιον, symposion
Note symposion: IGLS XVII.1 143, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGLS XVII.1 143 (AD 257/8)
Online Resources AGRW ID 10351
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Base of a column, white limestone
ii. Source(s) provenance Sanctuary of Baalshamim at Palmyra

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours (presumably with a statue) Odainath, their patron (τὸν πά[τ]ρωνα, ton pa[t]rona, l. 4).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The nature of the profession (if this is what konet[..] refers to) remains unclear; several derivations from Semitic words have been suggested (see Kaizer 2002).
It seems natural to assume that l. 3 should be supplemented with ΚΟΝΕΤ[ΩΝ], KONET[ON], and earlier editors have in fact stated that ΩΝ, ON, could be read on the stone. This has now been rejected by Yon, who not only notes that the letters cannot be read, but also argues that they cannot be restored due to lack of space. However, there seems to be no alternative.
iii. Bibliography Kaizer, T. (2002), ‘The Symposium of the Konetoi in an Inscription set up in Honour of Odaenathus at Palmyra’, Studi epigrafici e linguistici sul vicino oriente antico 19: 149-56.
Yon, J.-B. (2012), Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie XVII.1: Palmyre. Beyrouth.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.