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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1167: hiera techne

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Mysia
iii. Site Prokonnesos ?

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἱερὰ τέχνη (Dittmann-Schöne 2010, no. I.2.1, l. 2)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hiera techne

III. DATE

i. Date(s) ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:hiera - this epithet is often carried by professional associations in the Imperial period (Poland 1909: 169, 540).
iii. Descriptive terms τέχνη, techne
Note The term normally designates an association of craftsmen (Poland 1909: 122; Robert 1960: 26 n.1).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Dittmann-Schöne 2010, no. I.2.1 (ii AD)
Note Hellenica 11-12: 25-6.
Online Resources IMT Kyz PropInseln 1332

AGRW 11085
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Triple acclamation: 1. eternal wishes for the city of Prokonnesos; 2. for the hiera techne; 3. for Thalassos, epitropos and ananeotes.
Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Unknown.
ii. Source(s) provenance Prokonnesos. The inscription is known from a transcription in a 16th century manuscript (no. 234) in the Ambrosiana Library.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction According to Robert (1960: 26-7) this triple acclamation emanates from the marble workers of Prokonnesos (see XII.i), in praise of the city of Prokonnesos, the association itself and the epitropos, probably the steward of the Imperial quarries, who was also called ananeotes (restorer).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Robert (1960: 26) thinks that the techne consisted of marble workers, based in the quarries in Prokonnesos. If so, then the hiera techne might be one and the same association with CAP Inv.1168 and CAP Inv. 1169 (BE 1979: 372; Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 114).

Zolotas (1905: 245) related this inscription to mystai, something that has been dismissed by Robert (1960: 26).
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.
Hellenica 11-12: Robert, L. (1960), Hellenica. Recueil d'épigraphie, de numismatique et d'antiquités grecques. vol. XI/XII. Paris.
Zolotas, G. (1905), 'Παραρτήματα εις τα αρχαίας επιγραφάς', Neos Hellenomnemon 2: 241-6.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (techne, see above IV.ii. and XII.i.) makes it certain that we have here a private professional association.