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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 1635: synposion theou Souregethou pros ten agoran para to horologin

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Edonis
iii. Site Philippi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνπόσιον θεοῦ Σουρεγέθου πρὸς τὴν ἀγορὰν παρὰ τὸ ὡρολόγιν (Philippi II 133/G441, ll. 14-16)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synposion theou Souregethou pros ten agoran para to horologin

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Θεὸς Σουρεγέθης, theos Souregethes
Topographical:πρὸς τὴν ἀγορὰν παρὰ τὸ ὡρολόγιν, pros ten agoran para to horologin
iii. Descriptive terms συνπόσιον, synposion
Note synposion: Philippi II 133/G441, l. 14

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Philippi II 133/G441 (ii - iii AD)
Note See also: GRA I 69
Online Resources Philippi II 133/G441 and AGRW ID 15481
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele of local marble (1.26 x 0.64 x 0.40); three draped busts depicted at its upper part.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found at the cemetery along the Via Egnatia, outside the gate leading to Neapolis.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects No ὡρολόγιον, horologin (clock), whether a sundial or an hydraulic device, is reported to have been found at the agora of Philippi (ll. 15-16: πρὸς τὴν ἀγορὰν παρὰ τὸ ὡρολόγιν, pros ten agoran para to horologin).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments The association is named as the recipient of a bequest left for the celebration of the Rosalia; the amount of the bequest is 150 denarii.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The term συμπόσιον, symposion, points to banquets. The association was also involved in the organisation of Rosalia.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction For a second association named in the same text, see CAPInv. 1636.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For the terms συμπόσιον, symposion, ποσιασταί, posiastai, and συμποσιασταί, symposiastai, and the title συμποσίαρχος/συμποσιάρχης, symposiarchos/symposiarches, see the comments in CAPInv. 536.
For the Thracian God Souregethes, see the bibliography at CAPInv. 1490.
The two persons named in the text (husband and wife) were not necessarily members of the association; cf. the relevant comment of GRA I 69. The deceased and his wife were Roman citizens of Thracian origin, as indicated by their cognomina.
iii. Bibliography Pilhofer, P. (2009), Philippi, Band II: Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi. rev. edn. Tübingen: 157-60, no. 133/G441.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology and character of the group point to a private association.