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Last Updated on 10 Jul 2019

Author: Fabienne Marchand

CAPInv. 977: synthytai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Central Greece
ii. Region Boiotia
iii. Site Unknown. There are no records for the entry of the stone at the Thebes Museum.

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνθύται (SEG 32: 512, l. 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synthytai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii - f. iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: SEG 32: 512, l. 15

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 32: 512 (s. ii - f. iii AD)
Note Ed.pr.:
Roesch 1982: 128-30, no. 10
Online Resources SEG 32: 512
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Foundation of a religious association, perhaps a will (χειρόγραφον, cheirographon ll. 3 and 5). The inscription is written in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Two fragments of a stele of white limestone, recut on the left and assembled at the museum.
ii. Source(s) provenance Unknown

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members συνθύται, synthytai
v. Other staff An ἐπι]μελητῇ, epi]meletes supervises the loan of money (l. 5), and two guarantors (ἔγγυ[οι], engu[oi] or ἐγγυ[ηταί],
engu[etai], ll. 3-4) are also mentioned). They are likely to be members of the association, too, but not necessarily officials.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments A man dedicates a sum of money (ἀργύριον, argyrion, l. 6) which was then loaned with interests.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The euergetes consecrated money to fund banquets (l. 7).
iv. Honours/Other activities The consecrated sum is also used for a distribution of money - 10 as for each of the synthytai (l. 8).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Roesch, P. (1982), Etudes béotiennes. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The use of the term synthytai points to a private association.