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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 587: askopoioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Bosra

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἀσκοποιοί (IGLS XIII.1 9158, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) askopoioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii - vi AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:askopoioi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGLS XIII.1 9158 (ii - vi AD)
IGLS XIII.1 9159 (ii - vi AD)
IGLS XIII.1 9160 (ii - vi AD)
Online Resources IGLS XIII.1 9158
IGLS XIII.1 9159
IGLS XIII.1 9160
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Seat inscriptions in Greek
ii. Source(s) provenance Theatre of Bosra

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The date is unclear. The theatre was built in the second century AD (Retzleff 2003: 122-3), but the terminus ante quem is insecure given the fact that a professional association (of goldsmiths) is attested at Bosra as late as AD 539/40.
iii. Bibliography Retzleff, A. (2003) ‘Near Eastern Theatres in Late Antiquity’, Phoenix 57: 115-38.
Sartre, M. (1982) Inscriptions grecques et latines de la Syrie, Tome XIII fasc. 1: Bostra. Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The parallels from other cities in the empire suggest that a professional group with fixed seats in the theatre was organized as a professional association.