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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1179: synbiosis (l. symbiosis) xystoplateiton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Smyrna (?)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνβίωσις ξυστοπλατειτῶν (I.Smyrna 714, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synbiosis (l. symbiosis) xystoplateiton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 (?) - 200 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Topographical:This was an organization of neighbours from the xystos-street (presumably a street whith a place where athletes met, or simply with an arena tied to the gymnasium).
iii. Descriptive terms συμβίωσις, symbiosis
Note symbiosis: I.Smyrna 714, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna 714 (100 (?) - 200 (?) AD)
Online Resources I.Smyrna 714
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Bronze standard
ii. Source(s) provenance Probably from Smyrna

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials A treasurer (ταμιεύων, tamieuon, ll. 3-4) is mentioned.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Pont, A.-V. (2013), ‘Les groupes de voisinage dans les villes d'Asie Mineure occidentale à l'époque impériale’, in P. Fröhlich and P. Hamon (eds.), Groupes et associations dans les cités grecques (IIIe siècle av. J.-C. - IIe siècle apr. J.-C.), Genève: 129-56.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note On neighbourhood associations and their status in society, see Pont 2013.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain