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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1600: hoi epi to telonion tes ichthyikes pragmateuomenoi

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἐπὶ τὸ τελωνῖον τῆς ἰχθυικῆς πραγματευόμενοι (I.Eph(esos) 1503, ll. 8-10)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi epi to telonion tes ichthyikes pragmateuomenoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 138 - 161 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:pragmateuomenoi
Topographical:epi to telonion tes ichthyikes

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 1503 (138 - 161 AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.33
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 1503
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Round base of a statue
ii. Source(s) provenance Harbor of Ephesos

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Cominia Iunia has dedicated a statue of Isis to the emperor, the city and the pragmateuomenoi. This does not necessarily mean that the association (if there was one) had a cult of Isis.
Deities worshipped Isis (?)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The telonion had been erected under Nero; cf. the entry on halieis kai opsariopolai. The latter could be the pragmateuomenoi mentioned here, as assumed by Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 151. But we do not even know how the structure was originally used, let alone 100 years later. In addition, a dedication to those making business at the telonion does not presuppose a form of corporate organization. The terminology is rather loose, but cf. the epi to geuma pragmateuomenoi, who are called synergasia in other inscriptions.
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

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