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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 459: hoi en tei skytikei plateiai techneitai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Apameia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ ἐν τῇ σκυτικῇ πλατείᾳ τεχνεῖται (IGR IV 790, ll. 14-16, 30-31)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi en tei skytikei plateiai techneitai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 130 - 170 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:en tei skytikei plateiai, the street of the shoe-makers
Professional:techneitai, artisans

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGR IV 790 (130 - 170 AD)
Note See also:
MAMA VI List: 146, no. 111
Dittmann-Schöne V.4.3
Online Resources MAMA VI List: 146, no. 111
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Two honorific decrees, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Large base for two statues
ii. Source(s) provenance Apameia

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities The association sets up two honorific decrees and statues for the two gymnasiarchs known from CAPInv. 458. Again, the decisions have been made by the council, the people and the resident Romans; again, the association uses its own money to erect the statues.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 71
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 229-30.
Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Lyon: 376-80.
Zimmermann, C. (2002), Handwerkervereine im griechischen Osten des Imperium Romanum. Mainz: 35.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note This is another conglomeration of artisans all working in one street and involved in civic affairs (it is unclear whether or not all professionals working in the skytikei plateiai were in fact shoe-makers). Cf. the arguments in CAPInv. 458.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain