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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1495: he glykytate synergasia ton xylopristo[n]

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ γλυκυτάτη συνεργασία τῶν ξυλοπριστῶ[ν] (I.Eph(esos) 2115, l. 4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he glykytate synergasia ton xylopristo[n]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 250 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:xylopristai
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Eph(esos) 2115, l. 4

The adjective glykytate was probably not (like semnotate or hierotate in other associations) part of the group's official nomenclature, but chosen by the deceased in order to show intimate relations with the association. Cf. on its use in the "sphère familiale" Royer 2005: 170.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 2115 (200 (?) - 250 (?) AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.16
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 2115
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Grave inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragments of a marble sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a wall

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The association has received money from the deceased; the interest is to be spent on annual banquets.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The association meets in the seventh month at the grave of the deceased for a banquet with wine (oinoposion, l. 5).

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z *27C
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 139.
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: 169-170.

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