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Last Updated on 11 Jul 2019

Author: Andreas Victor Walser

CAPInv. 1041: artokopoi Milesioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Miletus (Didyma)

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἀρτοκόποι Μιλήσιοι (I.Didyma 522)
ii. Full name (transliterated) artokopoi Milesioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp. (?)

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:ἀρτοκόποι, artokopoi, ("bakers")

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Didyma 522
Note Dittmann-Schöne 2001: 178 no. II.6.1
Online Resources I.Didyma 522
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Topos-inscription. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble column drum
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a private house, originally from the market hall.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

ii. Realty The topos-inscription reserves 10 places in the market-hall in Didyma for the Milesian bakers.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The dating is uncertain; it is possible that the inscription belongs to the early Byzantine period.
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note There is no definite proof that the Milesian bakers did indeed form an association but the comparable evidence makes it likely.