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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1177: hoi synbiotai kai synmystai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ συνβιωταὶ καὶ συνμύσται (I.Smyrna 330, ll. 2-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi synbiotai kai synmystai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 1 (?) - 300 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:synbiotai, synmystai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Smyrna 330 (1 (?) - 300 (?) AD)
Online Resources I.Smyrna 330
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grave inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) White marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance Unclear origins; the stone is now lost.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The association erects a mnemeion for the deceased Zotion son of Artemidoros

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Synmystai seems to refer to initiations, but in this period, the terminology was not always used in its original sense.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is probable that synbiotai kai synmystai designates one group, not two.
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 356

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The status of mystai-groups is not quite clear; most of probably served both the private interests of their members and the needs of civic religion.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain