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Last Updated on 11 Jul 2019

Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 1039: ho stolos ton solenokenton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Miletus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ὁ στόλος τῶν σωληνοκεντῶν (Milet VI.3 1138 ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) ho stolos ton solenokenton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:σωληνοκένται, solenokentai, ("clam fisher")
iii. Descriptive terms στόλος, stolos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Milet VI.3 1139
I.Didyma 50, 3. Stufe 18/17
Note OGIS 756; Dittmann-Schöne 2001: 171 no. II.5.10
Online Resources OGIS 756
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Milet VI.3 1139: Honorary inscription
I.Didyma 50: Topos-inscription
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Milet VI.3 1139: Cubical white marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance Milet VI.3 1139: Used as a building block in the early Byzantine round-church by the west corner of the southern city wall.
I.Didyma 50: In the Stadium at Didyma.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The topos-inscription I.Didyma 50, 3. Stufe 18/17 (ἐπὶ Μιννίο . νος σωληνι(στῶν), epi Minis.nos soleni(ston)) is sometimes interpreted as a seat reservation of the association or one of it's members in a rather prominent part of the stadium (van Nijf 1997: 223). This interpretation is, however, far from secure (Dittmann-Schöne 2001: 171).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The text does not show the association directly involved in worship, but it honors a man in his cultic function.
Deities worshipped Theos Hypsistos
iv. Honours/Other activities The association honors Ulpios Karpos, prophet of the holiest, highest god (ἁγιώτατος θεὸς ὕψιστος, agiotatos theos hypsistos), who is described as "its benefactor in all things".

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The person honored by the association is honored by the Milesian association of the gardeners (CAPInv. 1040) as well.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.
Van Nijf, O. M. (1997), The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology employed (stolos) along with the professional and religious character suggests a private association.