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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 699: argentarioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Edonis
iii. Site Philippi

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἀργεντάριοι (Philippi II 410/G258, ll. 1-2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) argentarioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:ἀργεντάριοι, argentarioi (= silversmiths or money-changers)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Philippi II 410/G258 (Imp.)
Note See also: GRA I 67; AGRW 67
Online Resources SEG 2: 421 and AGRW ID 2221
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble slab (2.58 x 0.67), probably originating from a sarcophagus.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found reused at a tomb of the Turkish cemetery of Kalambaki.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials The deceased is referred to as the ἀρκάρις (l. 1: arcarius = treasurer) of the argentarii.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note The only member mentioned has a male name.
iv. Status This was the professional association of the argentarii of Philippi. The only known member was a Roman citizen with an imperial nomen and a Greek cognomen, a libertus according to Salač 1923: 78.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments From the possible interpretations of the term argentarioi, most scholars lean towards 'silversmiths', see Salač 1923: 78, Collart 1937: 271, no. 2 and GRA I 67.
iii. Bibliography Collart, P. (1937), Philippes, ville de Macédoine depuis ses origines jusqu’à la fin de l’époque romaine. Paris.
Kloppenborg, J.S., and Ascough, R.S. (2011), Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations and Commentary, vol. I: Attica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace. Berlin, New York: 313-4, no. 67.
Pilhofer, P. (2009), Philippi, Band II: Katalog der Inschriften von Philippi, rev. edn. Tübingen: 485-6, no. 410/G258.
Salač, A. (1923), ‘Inscriptions du Pangée, de la région Drama-Cavalla et de Philippes’, BCH 47: 49-96, esp. 78, no. 39.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The presence of organised structure and officials indicates a permanent associative organization.