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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 614: koureis

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia
iii. Site Sidon

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κουρεῖς (SEG 55: 1655, l. 7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koureis

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 132 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:koureis
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon (?)
Note koinon: SEG 55: 1655, l. 8. The term is supplied by Yon and Apicella 2005: 293-5, no. 4: ἐκ τῶν τ[οῦ κοινοῦ ?], "from the budget of the association" (l. 8).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 55: 1655 (AD 132)
Note See also AGRW 278
Online Resources AGRW ID 4841
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Five fragments of a marble plate
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Byblos, but originally from the sanctuary of Eshmun in Sidon.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership ἀρχίτεχνος, architechnos (l. 7)

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The architechnos of the koureis has built something for the well-being of the emperor.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Yon, J.-B., and Apicella, C. (2005), ‘Inscriptions de Sidon conservées à Byblos Inscriptions de Sidon conservées à Byblos’, BAAL 9: 291-9.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.