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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1603: synergasia pyrenadon

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συνεργασία πυρηνάδων (I.Eph(esos) 2079, ll. 7-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synergasia pyrenadon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 222 - 235 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:pyrenadeis. The meaning of the designation is controversial; for the suggestions made, see Dittmann-Schöne 2010, II.1.38; no decision is made by Ruffing 2008: 729-30.
iii. Descriptive terms συνεργασία, synergasia
Note synergasia: I.Eph(esos) 2079, ll. 7-8

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 2079 (222 - 235 AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.38
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 2079
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble pillar
ii. Source(s) provenance Found north of the harbor swamp, but originating from the "Hallenstraße" between the theatre and the stadium.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The end of the inscription is lost, but the many parallels make it certain that this association received diastyla from M. Publicianus Nikephoros.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.
Ruffing, K. (2008), Die berufliche Spezialisierung in Handel und Handwerk. 2 vols. Rahden, Westf.

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