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Last Updated on 18 Jun 2019

Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1151: symbiosis ton chalkeon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Troas
iii. Site Alexandria Troas or Ilion

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) συμβίωσις τῶν χαλκέων (I.Ilion 171, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) symbiosis ton chalkeon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:chalkeis - coppersmiths
iii. Descriptive terms συμβίωσις, symbiosis
Note l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Ilion 171 (ii AD)
Note CIG 3639
I.Alexandreia Troas 122
Dittmann-Schöne 2010: no. I.1.1
Online Resources IMT Skam/NebTaeler 120

AGRW 5824
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek stipulating fines payable to the symbiosis ton chalkeon.
i.c. Physical format(s) Granite sarcophagus with garlands.
H. 75 x W. 205 x Th. 79 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Kum Kale Köyü, at the fountain called Nacah Çeşme (brought from Alexandria Troas or Ilion).

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income Fines: a fine of 500 denarii was payable to the symbiosis of the coppersmiths in case of violation of the tomb.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (symbiosis + professional group) makes it certain that we have here a private professional association.