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Last Updated on 01 Mar 2017

Author: Sophia Zoumbaki

CAPInv. 779: synodos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii. Region Laconia
iii. Site Thalamai

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) σύνοδος (IG V.1 882 l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) synodos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms σύνοδος, synodos
Note synodos: IG V.1 882, l. 2; IG V.1 883 l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG V.1 882 (inc.)
IG V.1 883 (inc.)
Online Resources IG V.1 882
IG V.1 883
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Inscribed tegulae bearing the inscription Δαμόσιος συνόδω, Damosios synodo (l. δημόσιος συνόδου, demosios synodou) indicating that they are public tiles used for the construction of a building belonging to a synodos.
i.c. Physical format(s) IG V.1 882: two tiles
IG V.1 883: one tile
ii. Source(s) provenance IG V.1 882: found in a well near the heroon
IG V.1 883: found in a fountain near the heroon

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The tiles which were all found at the vicinity of a heroon were apparently used for the construction of the building which belongs to a synodos.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The tiles were apparently used for the construction of the building which belongs to a synodos.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments IG V.1 883: the fragmentary name Δαμα[- - -], Dama[- - -] can be perhaps completed as Δαμα[ρχίδας ἐποίει], Dama[rchidas epoiei], as IG suggests.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The inscriptions on the tiles offer no sufficient evidence for the existence of a private association. However the word synodos and the fact that the tiles were found in the vicinity of a heroon' do not exclude the possibility that there was an association, perhaps related to the cult or honour of a heros.