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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 590: linourgoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Gerasa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) λινουργοί (SEG 54: 1691 [24], l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) linourgoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii - iv AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:linourgoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 54: 1691 [24] (iii - iv AD)
Online Resources AGRW ID 22171
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Seat Inscription in Greek
ii. Source(s) provenance Odeum ("Northern Theatre") of Gerasa

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The other seat inscriptions from the odeum designate the places for the boule and the phylai. They all seem to belong to the second century AD. The linourgoi have been added considerably later. The reason for this may either be that they became a part of the political organization of Gerasa, or that the general composition of the audience had changed (maybe because the building itself was transformed from an assembly hall to a venue for spectacles; cf. Augusta-Boularot and Seigne 2004: 550-1).
iii. Bibliography Augusta-Boularot, S., and Seigne, J. (2004), ‘La vie civique de Gerasa de la Décapole. L'apport des inscriptions du "théâtre" nord de Jerash (Jordanie)’, MEFRA 116: 481-569.
Retzleff, A., and Majeed Mjely, A. (2004), ‘Seat Inscriptions in the Odeum at Gerasa (Jerash)’, BASO 336: 49-60.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note That the linourgoi were organized as an association seems fairly certain. Their status vis-à-vis boule and phylai (the only other owners of seats in the Odeum) raises questions concerning their status as a private association.