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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Ionia
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Site |
Smyrna
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Association with unknown name |
U-WAM-017
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Date(s)
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1 (?) - 200 (?) AD
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Source(s) |
I.Smyrna 712 (1 (?) - 200 (?) AD)
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Online Resources |
I.Smyrna 712
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Civic decree. Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
Broken marble plate
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Source(s) provenance |
Smyrna
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Comments |
The inscription records a decree of the council and the people of Smyrna concerning a conflict among the local ferrymen (who probably transported people across the gulf of Smyrna: Royer 2005: 70). Apparently, a group of ferrymen offered their services for a lower price than usual (2 asses instead of 2 obols), and violently hindered others from transporting people. As the license for such transports was contracted out by the city, the aggressive ferrymen may have hoped to gain a monopoly and thus lower the price to be paid for the license (van Nijf 1997: 15).
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Bibliography |
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.
Van Nijf, O.M. (1997), The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.
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Private association |
Possible
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Note |
If one of the parties involved was organized as an association, this would be important evidence for the capacity of ancient associations to pursue economic interests, and even to act in a way similar to medieval guilds (van Nijf 1997: 14-5). However, the fragmentary text does not give any information about permanent group structures.
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Historical authenticity |
Certain
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