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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 613: Bostreno[i e]rgolaboi

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Βοστρηνο[ὶ ἐ]ργολάβοι (SEG 7: 1077, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Bostreno[i e]rgolaboi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Bostrenoi
Professional:ergolaboi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 7: 1077 (i - iii AD)
Online Resources SEG 7: 1077
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
ii. Source(s) provenance Moushannef

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Kretikakou, K.I. (1990), ‘Μνείες οικοδομικών επαγγελμάτων στις επιγραφές της ρωμαϊκής-παλαιοχριστιανικής Παλαιστίνης και Αραβίας’, Poikila: 373-95, esp. 387.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Three persons have from their own resources erected the monument. They are ergolaboi from Bosra. It is likely, but not certain, that they were organized in an association, which would then be at the same time a professional and an ethnic association.