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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 899: synodos ton peri ton Choreion techniton

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος τῶν περὶ τὸν Χορεῖον τεχνιτῶν (SEG 30: 86, ll. A c, 16, 21, 31; A de, 44, 50-1, 54-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos ton peri ton Choreion techniton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) e. ii - 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms οἱ περὶ τὸν Χορεῖον Διόνυσον μουσικοὶ τεχνῖται, hoi peri ton Choreion Dionyson mousikoi technitai (SEG 30: 86, ll. B a, 3-4)
ii. Name elements
Professional:technitai
Status-related:technitai
Theophoric:peri ton Choreion Dionyson
Other:mousikoi
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 30: 86 (AD 138-161)
IG II2 5060 (beginning II AD)
IG II2 5062 (post AD 130)
Note Ed. pr.
SEG 30: 86: TAPhA 103 (1972) 133-62.

Other publications: Oliver 1989, 242 no. 97 and 98-104.
Cf. SEG 21: 507; SEG 30: 408; SEG 33: 1575; SEG 47: 33; SEG 52: 33. ΒΕ 1966, νο. 144.
Online Resources SEG 30: 86
IG II2 5060
IG II2 5062
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script SEG 30: 86 = Letters of Hadrian and his successor to the association, in Greek.
IG II2 5060 = Honorary seat, in Greek.
IG II2 5062 = Honorary seat, in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) SEG 30: 86 = Six fragments of a marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance SEG 30: 86 = Found on the Acropolis, one in the Athenian Agora, all now in the Epigraphical Museum, ΕΜ 396 & 3942.
IG II2 5060 and 5062 = In the Dionysus' theatre.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members μουσικοὶ τεχνεῖται (l. τεχνῖται) mousikoi technitai, SEG 30: 86, ll. B a, 4; B b, 12; B de, 58.
iv. Officials Priest, ἱερεύς, hiereus, SEG 30: 86, l. B de, 59; IG II2 5060 and 5062.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Δ60a-c = SEG 30: 86.
Poland Δ61a-b = SEG 30: 86.
Poland Δ62 = IG II2 5060.
Poland Δ63 = IG II2 5062.
iii. Bibliography Oliver, J. (1989), Greek constitutions of early Roman emperors from inscriptions and papyri. Philadelphia.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Despite the desperately fragmentary state of the inscription, the surviving words suggest that the existence of a structured association is very likely.