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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 624: syntech[nia ton chrysoch]oon kai argy[rokopon]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Syria
iii. Site Palmyra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συντεχ[νία τῶν χρυσοχ]όων καὶ ἀργυ[ροκόπων] (IGLS XVII.1 56, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) syntech[nia ton chrysoch]oon kai argy[rokopon]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 258 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms תגמא די קיניא עבדי דהבא וכספי, tgm’ dy qyny’ ʿbd’ dhb’ wksp’ (IGLS XVII.1. 56, Aramaic text ll. 3–4)
ii. Name elements
Professional:chrysochooi and argyrokopoi
qyny’ ʿbd’ dhb’ wksp’
iii. Descriptive terms συντεχνία, syntechnia
תגמא, tgm’
Note syntechnia: IGLS XVII.1 56, Greek text l. 3
tgm’: IGLS XVII.1. 56, Aramaic text l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGLS XVII.1 56 (AD 258)
Note See also: CIS 3945; IGR III 1031
Online Resources AGRW ID 10305
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Bilingual Greek-Aramaic dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) At the shaft of a column
ii. Source(s) provenance Great colonnade at Palmyra

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours Odainath with a statue.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The Aramaic version uses tgm’ (from Greek τάγμα, tagma) for συντεχνία, syntechnia.
ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 88
iii. Bibliography Kaizer, T. (2002), The Religious Life of Palmyra. A Study of the Social Patterns of Worship in the Roman Period. Stuttgart: 216.
Yon, J.-B. (2012), Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie XVII.1: Palmyre. Beyrouth.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.