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Last Updated on 08 Jul 2019

Author: Maria Paz de Hoz

CAPInv. 408: heimatiopolon (l. himatiopolloi)

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) εἱματιοπολῶν (Sardis VII 1. 168, ll. 2-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) heimatiopolon (l. himatiopolloi)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:Cloth traders
iii. Descriptive terms ὑπηρεσία, hyperesia ("activity/ charge/work" could have here the meaning of "people having the same work" as syntechnia: (cf. infra))
Note hyperesia: Sardis VII 1. 168, ll. 1-2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Sardis VII 1. 168 (iv AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne III.4.1
Buckler and Robinson (ed. pr.)
Online Resources Sardis VII 1. 168
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Property inscription. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance The block is in the wall closing the entrance of a late Roman grave vault.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The grave vault where the inscription was engraved.
ii. References to buildings/objects Reference to the grave vault: καμ(άρα), kam(ara), Sardis VII 1. 168, l. 1.

VII. ORGANIZATION

v. Other staff Buckler and Robinson (ed. pr.) thought that the expression καμ(άρα) ὑπηρεσίας εἱματιοπωλῶν (kamara hyperesias heimatiopolon) could be interpreted as the vault of the assistants of the cloth traders. Since
this meaning of the word is not attested, and since the word is often used in Lydia as "activity" or
"charge", it probably doesn't define here staff of the association but just the common activity of the
cloth traders, having maybe even the meaning of "people having the same work" as syntechnia.
ix. Privileges Since the association owns a grave vault, it is possible that some or all of its members had the privilege of being buried there.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The association owns a grave vault.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Since the association has a common grave vault it surely has a common funerary activity. On funerary activities of professional associations cf. van Nijf 1997: 38-69.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 205.
van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam: 38-69.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note It is a traders association.