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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1606: trapezeitai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τραπεζειταί (I.Eph(esos) 454a, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) trapezeitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 - 250 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:trapezeitai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 454a (150 - 250 AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.41
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 454a
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Topos-inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscribed support of a column
ii. Source(s) provenance Gymnasium of Vedius

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects Three places were reserved for the money-changers in the latrines of the gymnasium of Vedius (cf. CAPInv. 1464; Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 129).

XII. NOTES

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