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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1496: synergasia kleinopigon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Ephesos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνεργασία κλεινοπιγῶν (I.Eph(esos) 2213, ll. 6-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synergasia kleinopigon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:kleinopigoi; for earlier debates on the term, see Royer 2005: 162-3.
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Eph(esos) 2213, ll. 6-7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 2213 (100 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.17
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 2213
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grave inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance Unclear

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The associations will receive an inheritance (κλῆρος, kleros, l. 7) as soon as the owners of the grave will die.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 139.
Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Diss. Lyon: 162-3.

XIII. EVALUATION

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