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Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1349: hoi tarsikarioi Rhomaioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Alexandria (L00)
iii. Site Alexandria

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ταρσικάριοι Ῥωμαῖοι (I.Alex.Imp. 99, l. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi tarsikarioi Rhomaioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Rhomaioi
Professional:tarsikarioi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alex.Imp. 99 (III AD?)
Note Other editions: AE 1938: no. 59; SB V 8268.
Online Resources I.Alex.Imp. 99
TM 103908
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek of the portrait statue of Aurelius [] son of Herodes by Roman tarsikarioi and Alexandrians.
i.c. Physical format(s) Statue base

IX. MEMBERSHIP

vi. Proper names and physical features Aurelius [] son of Herodes

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Harland, P. (2003), Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations: Claiming a Place in Ancient Mediterranean Society, Fortress: 304 (n. 4).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Though no specific mention of a koinon or synodos, it is not out of the ordinary for groups to simply refer to themselves as 'the dyers' or 'the weavers' in both papyri and inscriptions. It is not uncommon for an association to be identified simply as οἱ ταρσικάριοι hoi tarsikarioi without the use of synodos, koinon, plethos or other term. The honorific context also strongly suggests an action undertaken by an association of some sort.