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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1593: [he syno]dos ton kerame[on]

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἡ σύνο]δος τῶν κεραμέ[ων] (I.Eph(esos) 2402, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [he syno]dos ton kerame[on]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:kerameis
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Eph(esos) 2402, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 2402 (1 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.27
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 2402
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grave inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a marble plate

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association cares for the grave of an unknown person. No other details are mentioned; they must have been recorded elsewhere (cf. Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 141)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.

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