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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1016: to systema ton lemeneton linopolon tes Korykaioton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Corycus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ σύστημα τῶν λημενητῶν λινοπωλῶν τῆς Κωρυκαιωτῶν (MAMA III 770, ll. 1-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to systema ton lemeneton linopolon tes Korykaioton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Byz.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Geographical:τῆς Κωρυκαιωτῶν (πόλεως), tes Korykaioton (poleos)
Professional:οἱ λινοπῶλαι, hoi linopolai
Topographical:λιμενίτης, limenites
iii. Descriptive terms σύστημα, systema
Note systema: MAMA III 770, l. 2

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA III 770 (Byz.)
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW
Dittmann-Schöne VI.9.1
Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Kry 165
GRA II 439
Heberdey-Wilhelm, Reisen in Kilikien: 69, no. 151
Waltzing 1895-1900: 23, no. 98
Online Resources AGRW ID# 13477
MAMA III 770
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A Greek grave inscription of the association of linen dealers of the harbor of (the city of) the Corycians.
i.c. Physical format(s) On the lid of a sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance In the necropolis of Corycus

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The θήκη, theke (l. 1), belongs to the association of the linen dealers of the harbor.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Broughton, T.R.S. (1975), ‘Roman Asia Minor’, in Frank, T. (ed.), An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome. New York: 499-916, esp. 844.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 260.
Waltzing, J.-P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionnelles chez les Romains: depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. Louvain.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name of the association and the collective burial space suggest a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain