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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1781: hoi osteiarioi tes ktetikes Anaza[rben]es metropoleos

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ὀστειάριοι τῆς κτητικῆς Ἀναζα[ρβην]ῆς μητροπόλεως (I.Anazarbos 4, ll. 12-13)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi osteiarioi tes ktetikes Anaza[rben]es metropoleos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 207 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:osteiarioi, ostiarii
Topographical:tes ktetikes (sc. agoras) Anazarbenes metropoleos, 'of the industrious (agora) in the metropolis of Anazarbos'

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Anazarbos 4 (207 AD)
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW 211
Gough 1952: 129-31, no. 2
Online Resources AGRW ID# 1515
I.Anazarbos 4
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription in 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.

X. ACTIVITIES

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.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Gough, M. (1952), ‘Anazarbus’, AS 2: 85-150, esp. 129-31, no. 2.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The ostiarii honoured together with other associations the emperor Caracalla (cf. CAPInv. 1779 and CAPInv. 1780). They seem to be organized in an association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain