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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1649: he semnotate synergasia ton skytobyrseon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lycia
iii. Site Kibyra (Kibyratis)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ σεμνοτάτη συνεργασία τῶν σκυτοβυρσέων (I. Kibyra 63, lines 5-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he semnotate synergasia ton skytobyrseon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 - 200 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:σεμνοτάτη, semnotate
Possibly an element indicating a cultic or privileged status of the group.
Professional:συνεργασία, synergasia
σκυτοβυρσεῖς, skytobyrseis
The first element indicates a collective of workers, while the second clarifies their profession: leather-workers.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I. Kibyra 63,
Note Cf. also IGR IV 907; Dittman-Schöne 2001: 234, no. VI.1.1.
Online Resources PHI: IK Kibyra 63

Harland, AGRW no. 9724
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription.
i.c. Physical format(s) Large base of white marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance Gölhisar-Horzum (Kibyra).

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members σκυτοβυρσεῖς, skytobyrseis
Leather-workers could be included as members; to what extent this defined the membership of the group remains unclear.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Men may be presumed to have formed the majority if not the entirety of the ranks of leather-workers.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Unclear, but see above IV.ii.
iv. Honours/Other activities The association is responsible for honouring four prominent individuals, including Tiberius Claudius Polemo (on which see IGR), for their public works (demosia erga).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honours are passed by the group according to decrees (κατὰ τὰ δόξαντα, kata ta doxanta) resolved by the boule and the demos of Kibyra.
ii. Interaction abroad The honourands of the inscription include an Asiarch, a Lykiarch, etc.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography I. Dittman-Schöne (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens, Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Though information is lacking as to the durative character of this association (as opposed to e.g. a more temporary business partnership), its elaborate name does suggests that it was formalised as a group wishing to distinguish from its peers, and one which was involved in honouring benefactors and perhaps also involved in cult. For parallels, cp. e.g. CAP Inv. 149 (possibly a less durable group, given its name).