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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 599: he hiera synodos ton [apo t]e[s oiko]umen[es] peri ton Dionyson kai ton kyrion hemon Autokratora Nervan Traianon Kaisara Sebaston Germanikon Dakik[on techneiton hieroneikon stephaneiton (l. techniton hieronikon stephaniton)] kai ton touton synagoniston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Gerasa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερὰ σύνοδος τῶν [ἀπὸ τ]ῆ[ς οἰκο]υμέν[ης] περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἀυτοκράτορα Νέρουαν Τραιανὸν Καίσαρα Σεβαστὸν Γερμανικ[ὸν Δακικὸν τεχνειτῶν ἱερονεικῶν στεφανειτῶν (l. τεχνιτῶν ἱερονικῶν στεφανιτῶν)] καὶ τῶν τούτων συναγωνιστῶν (I.Gerasa 192, ll. 3-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hiera synodos ton [apo t]e[s oiko]umen[es] peri ton Dionyson kai ton kyrion hemon Autokratora Nervan Traianon Kaisara Sebaston Germanikon Dakik[on techneiton hieroneikon stephaneiton (l. techniton hieronikon stephaniton)] kai ton touton synagoniston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 105 - 114 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:oikoumene
Personal:peri ton kyrion hemon Autokratora Nervan Traianon Kaisara Sebaston Germanikon Dakikon
Professional:technitai, hieronikai, stephanitai, synagonistai
Status-related:technitai, hieronikai, stephanitai, synagonistai
Theophoric:Dionysos
Other:hiera
iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: I.Gerasa 192, ll. 3, 12, 16

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Gerasa 192 (AD 105-114)
Note See also: SEG 7: 825
Online Resources I.Gerasa 192 and AGRW ID 22959
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary decree
i.c. Physical format(s) Round pedestal
ii. Source(s) provenance South theatre of Gerasa

VII. ORGANIZATION

viii. Obligations The synodos declares that the statue of its benefactor has to be crowned by everyone who performs in the theatre; if he does not, he is to pay to the synodos (ll. 18-20).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income The synodos declares that the statue of its benefactor has to be crowned by everyone who performs in the theatre; if he does not, he is to pay to the synodos (ll. 18-20).

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The synodos honours an agonothetes, who has not only done his job well, but also feasted the synodos on many occasions (with "royal banquets", l. 16). He receives the "customary inscription" and a statue; furthermore, he is proclaimed as a benefactor in every city where the synodos performs.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Welles, C.B. (1938), ‘The Inscriptions’, in C.H. Kraeling (ed.), Gerasa. City of the Decapolis, New Haven: 353-494.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The Dionysiac artists are a special case of association, acting as an independent state in many respects, but they remained a private network.