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Last Updated on 10 Jul 2019

Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1780: he xantike (syntechnia)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Anazarbos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ξαντικὴ (συντεχνία)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he xantike (syntechnia)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 207 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:xantike (syntechnia), the wool carders

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Anazarbos 4 (207 AD)
Note See also:
AGRW 211
Gough 1952: 129-31 no. 2.
Online Resources I.Anazarbos 4

AGRW 211 ID# 1515
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription, Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Limestone base for a statue, H. 1.45 m, W. 0.60 m, Th. 0.60 m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a fosse in the west of the northern city gate.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members Some of the members of the association act as carriers of the sacred objects (hieraphoroi) in processions and rituals, maybe in the imperial cult.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Some of the members of the association act as carriers of the sacred objects (hieraphoroi) in processions and rituals, maybe in the imperial cult.
Deities worshipped Imperial cult?
iv. Honours/Other activities Several hieraphoroi of associations and the ostiarii honoured the emperor Caracalla with a statue.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The hieraphoroi of several associations collaborate together in processions and rituals as carriers of sacred objects and together with the ostiarii for the erection of a statue (cf. CAPInv. 1779 and CAPInv. 1781.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Gough, M. (1952), ‘Anazarbus’, AS 2: 85-149, esp. 129-31, no. 2.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The xantike (syntechnia) appear to be a professional association with a frequent participation of its members (or at least part of them) in the imperial cult.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain