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Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 225: systema kepouron

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Galatia
iii. Site Pessinous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύστημα κηπουρῶν (I.Pessinous 22 l. 6-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) systema kepouron

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:κηπουροί, kepouroi, ("gardeners", here probably "market-gardeners")
iii. Descriptive terms σύστημα, systema

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Pessinous 22
Note Ascough et al. 2012: no. 217; a full list of earlier edition is provided in I.Pessinous 22.
Online Resources I.Pessinous 22
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Small "Votive tablet" (Hamilton), unknown dimensions
ii. Source(s) provenance Ballıhisar/Pessinous (now lost)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The inscription mentions a tameion (below), but that was most probably not a specific building.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials cf. VII.v.
v. Other staff ἐπιμελούμενοι, epimeloumenoi (I.Pessinous 22 l. 5-6): The two dedicators identify themselves as epimeloumenoi of the association. The designations suggest that they are specifically appointed for this task rather than regular officials.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds ταμεῖον, tameion

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Two appointees of the association make a dedication to Demeter 'from the treasury' (l. 8-9: ἐκ τοῦ τ[α]μ[εί]ο̣υ̣, ek tou tameiou), i.e. the unknown dedication was either payed for with funds from the association's treasury or was an object kept in it.
Van Nijf 1997, 109 suggests that a statue of Demeter, paid from the club's treasury, was set up in the clubhouse of the association, primarily for decorative reasons. The inscription, however, was not written on a statue base, as one would expect in this case, and does not mention a statue either. The verb καθιερόω, kathieroo (l. 7-8), 'to consecrate, set up as sacred', makes clear that the dedication had primarily cultic purposes.
Cf. also Dittmann–Schöne 2001, 233.
Deities worshipped Demeter Karpophoros

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 75
iii. Bibliography Ascough, S., Harland, Ph.A., and Kloppenborg, J.S. (2012), Associations in the Greco-Roman World. A Sourcebook. Waco.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.
Van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

Fur further literature cf. J. Strubbe, ad I.Pessinous 22.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
ii. Historical authenticity Even if the relevant inscription is lost the authenticity is indisputable.