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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 424: he synodi[a]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia / Pisidia
iii. Site Karakuyu (Temple of Mên Askaenos near Antioch)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ συνοδί[α] (CMRDM I.193[2], ll. 1-2; CMRDM IV.130, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he synodi[a]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii (?) - iv AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms ἡ συνοδία, he synodia
Note he synodia: CMRDM I.193[2], ll. 1-2; CMRDM IV.130, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) CMRDM I.193[2] (ii (?) - iv AD)
CMRDM IV.130 (ii (?) - iv AD)
Online Resources CMRDM I.193[2]
CMRDM IV.130
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Vows to Men Askaenos. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Rock-cut inscriptions.
ii. Source(s) provenance CMRDM I.193[2]: South-western wall of the peribolos of the temple of Men Askaenos near Antioch.
CMRDM IV.130: Probably similar location, but Ramsay does not indicate the provenance of this inscription in his notebooks and hence Lane.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship CMRDM IV.130 specifies that the συνοδία, synodia performed the cultic act of tekmoreuein (ll. 2-3) with a certain Syntrophos (cf. Blanco-Pérez 2015)
Deities worshipped Men

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Blanco-Pérez, A. (2015), ‘Men Askaenos and the Native Cults of Antioch by Pisidia’, in M.-P. de Hoz, J.P. Sanchez and C. Molina (eds.), Between Tarhuntas and Zeus Polieus: Cultural Crossroads in Temples and Cults of Graeco-Roman Anatolia. Leuven.
Lane, E. (1971), Corpus Monumentorum Religionis dei Menis (CMRDM). 1 vol. Leiden.
Lane, E. (1978), Corpus Monumentorum Religionis dei Menis (CMRDM). 4 vols. Leiden.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The only two surviving attestations of the group does not provide any precise detail about its internal functioning, activities or members. Its evaluation as a private association cannot therefore be confirmed with certainty on the basis of the available evidence. Its relation to the cult of Men at Karakuyu increases the probability.