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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2018

Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 796: Stephaneplo[kon] synethia (l. synetheia)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Στεφανηπλό[κων] συνήθια, l. συνήθεια (IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1148, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Stephaneplo[kon] synethia (l. synetheia)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii / iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:The association's name is strictly professional; the members are all στεφανηπλόκοι, stephaneplokoi, wreath-manufacturers and sellers.
iii. Descriptive terms συνήθεια, synetheia
Note synetheia: IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1148, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1148 (ii-iii AD)
Note Other editions: SEG 56: 797
Online Resources IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1148
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a northwestern sector of ancient Thessalonike.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ix. Privileges The association paid for the funerary monument of one of its members along with a female member of the deceased's family.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The fact that an association of such a relatively rare profession existed shows the specialization of Thessalonike's economic life.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2006), Επιγραφικά Θεσσαλονίκεια. Συμβολή στην πολιτική και κοινωνική ιστορία της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης. Thessaloniki: 188-91, no. 11.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The clear professional nature of the group is a sufficient element to characterize it as a private association.