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Last Updated on 08 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 403: he synergasia ton gnapheon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Saittai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συνεργασία τῶν γναφέων (SEG 29: 1184, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synergasia ton gnapheon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 152 - 155 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms τὸ ὁμότεχνον τῶν γναφέων (TAM V.1 86, ll. 3-4)
ii. Name elements
Professional:Guild of fullers
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
ὁμότεχνον, homotechnon
Note synergasia: SEG 29: 1184, l. 3
homotechnon: TAM V.1 86, ll. 3-4

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 29: 1184 (152/3 AD).
TAM V.1 86 (154/5 AD).
Greek.
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne III.3.17:
SEG 29: 1184
Dittmann-Schöne III.3.18:
TAM V.1 86
Online Resources SEG 29: 1184
TAM V.1 86
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscriptions
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele with pediment
ii. Source(s) provenance Saittai

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii. Obligations The association probably had some funerary obligations towards its members.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The association must have funds in order to bury or erect funerary inscriptions to its members.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note There are only two members attested, both men, one 18 years old and the other 75.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Only funerary activity is attested.
On funerary activities of professional associations cf. van Nijf 1997: 38-69.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Bakir-Barthel, S., and Müller, H. (1979), ‘Inschriften aus der umgebung von Saittai, (II)’, ZPE 36: 163-94, esp. 166, no. 26.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 201-2.
van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam: 38-69.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note It is a craftmanship association.