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Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 390: [cha]lkeis chalkotypoi

Hide this section I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Lydia
iii. Site Thyateira

Hide this section II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [χα]λκεῖς χαλκοτύποι (TAM V.2 936, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [cha]lkeis chalkotypoi

Hide this section III. DATE

i. Date(s) i AD

Hide this section IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:Coppersmiths and smiths

Hide this section V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM V.2 936 (2nd. half of the 1st. c. AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne III.1.14
Online Resources TAM V.2 936
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription dedicated by both associations or both branches of the association. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Base (of a statue)
ii. Source(s) provenance Thyateira

Hide this section VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds An honorific inscription (and statue?) is erected by the association ἐκ τῶν [ἰδ]ίων, ek ton [id]ion (ll. 3-4) (with their own funds).

Hide this section X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association honours Markos Antonios Galates son of Markos. The reasons or the charges held by the honorand are not given.

Hide this section XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is not clear if there are two different associations or only one with two specialization-branches. Cf. Buresch 1898; Robert 1973: 254, no. 1259. Xenophon (Hell. 3, 4, 17) distinguishes between both professions separating them in a list of craftmanships.
iii. Bibliography Buresch, K. (1898), Aus Lydien: epigraphisch-geographische Reisefrüchte. Leipzig.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 190.
Robert, L. (1973), Opera Minora Selecta. Vol. 4. Amsterdam: 254, no. 1259.

Hide this section XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note It is a craftmanship-association.