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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 167: he [s]yn[t]echnia ton helokopon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Hierapolis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ [σ]υν[τ]εχνία τῶν ἡλοκόπων (Altertümer von Hierapolis 133, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he [s]yn[t]echnia ton helokopon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:ἡλοκόποι, helokopoi
iii. Descriptive terms συντεχνία, syntechnia
Note syntechnia: Altertümer von Hierapolis 133, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Altertümer von Hierapolis 133
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne V.5.12
Online Resources Altertümer von Hierapolis 133
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary endowment. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscription on a sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance Northern necropolis of Hierapolis

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The association is the recipient of an endowment: it receives 150 Denarii in order to distribute a stephanotikon at the grave (Judeich's supplement in l. 3, [στεφάνωσιν], [stephanosin], makes no sense: "coronation of the stephanotikon"? Laum 1914: 137, followed by Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 243, therefore inserted διανομήν, dianomen. The other inscriptions from Hierapolis normally use a form of δίδωμι, didomi, but στεφανωτικοῦ, stephanotikou is a genitive, so Laum is probably correct).

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 68*e
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 243.
Laum, B. (1914), Stiftungen in der griechischen und römischen Antike. Ein Beitrag zur antiken Kulturgeschichte. Leipzig.
Ritti, T. (1995), ‘Associazioni di mestiere a Hierapolis di Frigia’, in B. Maria Giannattasio (ed.), Viaggi e commerci nell'antichità. Atti VII Giornata Archeologia, Genova: 65-84.

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