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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 120: [synerg]asia KL---

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Laodikeia by the Lykos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [συνεργ]ασία ΚΛ--- (I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [synerg]asia KL---

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms [συνερ]γασία (I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32, l. 1)
ii. Name elements
Professional:KL (or KA) is certainly the beginning of a trade. Corsten proposes καιροδαπισταί, kairodapistai or κλινοποιοί, klinopoioi.
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32, l. 2; 33, l. 1

Corsten gives no reason why [syner]gasia should be preferred instead of [er]gasia (the normal form in nearby Hierapolis).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32 (i -iii AD)
I.Laodikeia am Lykos 33 (i - iii AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne V.6.2

It is in fact unclear if the inscriptions refer to the same association. Corsten (I.Laodikeia am Lykos) separates the two inscriptions in I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32 from the one in I.Laodikeia am Lykos 33, while Dittmann-Schöne 2001: 248 treats them as belonging to one association.
Online Resources I.Laodikeia am Lykos 32
I.Laodikeia am Lykos 33
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Seat inscriptions in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Seat inscriptions from the great theatre in Laodikeia
ii. Source(s) provenance Laodikeia (theatre)

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association had seats in the theatre, so they presumably made a public and collective appearance there.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Corsten, Th. (1997). Die Inschriften von Laodikeia am Lykos I. Bonn.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The public or private nature of professional associations in the third century AD is difficult to assess.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain