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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1596: hoi phyratai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ φυραταί (I.Eph(esos) 553, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi phyratai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 350 (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:phyratai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 553 (350 (?) AD)
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 553
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Topos-inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscribed base of a column
ii. Source(s) provenance Atrium Thermarum Constantianarum

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Places were reserved for the phyratai ("bread kneaders"). As part of the baker’s professions, they may have been among the official corpora in the service of the annona.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations. But if this inscription really dates from late antiquity, the development towards obligatory membership would already have taken place.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain