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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 296: hoi emporoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἔμποροι (Agora XVIII H343 l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi emporoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 15 (?) - 10 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:emporoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Agora XVIII, H343 (15 (?) - 10 (?) BC)
Note Ed. pr. Hesperia 17 (1948) 41 no. 29.
Other publications: SEG 17: 71.
Cf. SEG 57: 183. BE 1949, no. 45.
Online Resources SEG 17: 71
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific inscription on a statue base for Antipatros, son of Antipatros of Phlya (Athenian Onomasticon s.v. (49)), strategos epi tous opleitas for the seventh time, because he safeguarded the security and salvation of the emporoi.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble statue base built into the north gate tower of the Valerian wall.
ii. Source(s) provenance It was found built into the north gate tower of the Valerian wall in the Athenian Agora (I 5925).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The group honours an official of the polis.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Schmalz, G. (2009), Augustan and Julio-Claudian Athens. A new epigraphy and prosopography. Leiden: 149 no. 186.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The name of the group is ambiguous as far as it regards their corporate nature.