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Last Updated on 09 Jul 2018

Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 795: U-MAC-009

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-MAC-009

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii AD

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1219 (s. ii AD)
Note Other editions: SEG 56: 770; AGRW 56 = I.Thess. II 10
Online Resources IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1219 and AGRW ID 2474
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Unadorned stele, broken to top left and bottom left
ii. Source(s) provenance Western cemetery of Thessalonike

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii. Members The members of this association of transport workers are called κολλῆγοι, kollegoi (ll. 5-6).
ix. Privileges The association paid for the funerary monument of one its members, along with the deceased's father.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status The deceased was a μουλίων, moulion (l. 4), mule-driver; this was therefore most probably a professional association of transport workers; such an association is also attested at Beroia (see CAPInv. 479).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments For other references to transport workers in Macedonia, see the comments on the transport association of Beroia (see CAPInv. 479).
iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2006), Επιγραφικά Θεσσαλονίκεια. Συμβολή στην πολιτική και κοινωνική ιστορία της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Thessaloniki: 184-8, no. 10.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The professional nature of the group is a clear sign of a private association.