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Last Updated on 18 Jun 2019

Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1174: to phortegion to epi tou limenos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Troas ?
iii. Site Alexandria Troas or Smyrna

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ φορτήγιον τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ λιμένος (I.Alexandreia Troas 153 ll. 7-8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to phortegion to epi tou limenos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:φορτήγιον, phortegion: phortegion is closely connected to the word phortegos, porters for loading and uploading the cargo from ships.
According to Bean (1973: 398) 'it should denote both primarily the hall in which they society met, then the society itself'.
Topographical:ἐπὶ τοῦ λιμένος, epi tou limenos

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Alexandreia Troas 153 (iii AD)
Note Dittmann-Schöne 2001: no. I.4.1.1
Online Resources IMT SuedlTroas 447

AGRW 5831
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Funerary inscription in Greek containing stipulations against the violation of the funerary monument.
The phortegion to epi tou limenos was the recipient of fines for the desecration of the tomb.
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a sarcophagus.
ii. Source(s) provenance Unknown. Today lost.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income Fines: violation of a private funerary monument incurred a fine of 250 denarii.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction A fine was incurred in case of violation of a private funerary monument; in particular, 1500 denarii were to be paid to the city (l. 6) and 250 denarii to the association (l. 7-8).

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (phortegion) makes it certain that we have here a private professional association.The durability of the group is inferred by the fact that they are the recipients of fines in case of the violation of tombs.