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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 455: he ton gnapheon synergasia

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ τῶν γναφέων συνεργασία (IGR IV 643 + 1696, ll. 11-12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he ton gnapheon synergasia

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 102 - 116 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:gnapheis, fuller
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: IGR IV 643 + 1696, l. 12

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGR IV 643 + 1696 (102 - 116 AD)
Note See also:
MAMA VI List: 149, no. 164
Dittmann-Schöne V.2.1
Online Resources MAMA VI List: 149, no. 164
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific decree, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble plate
ii. Source(s) provenance Cemetery of Ahat Köy

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honors T. Flavius Montanus, a man with a distinguished career, best known for his activities in Ephesos as archiereus Asias. His most important titles are given; in addition, he is called εὐεργέτης, euergetes (l. 12) of the association.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 63
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 224.
Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Lyon: 332-4.

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