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Last Updated on 11 Jan 2019

Author: Matt Gibbs & Philip F. Venticinque

CAPInv. 1453: koinon ton tarsikarion

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Oxyrhynchites (U19)
iii. Site Oxyrhynchus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) κοινὸν τ̣ῶ̣ν̣ ταρσικα̣ρ̣ί̣ω̣ν̣ (P.Oxy. LI 3626, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) koinon ton tarsikarion

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 359 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:tarsikarioi
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν koinon
Note koinon: P.Oxy. LI 3626, l. 3

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) P.Oxy. LI 3626 (25 Jan. AD 359)
Online Resources P.Oxy. LI 3626
TM 15359
i.a. Source type(s) Papyrological source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Price declaration in Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) 19x21cm, contains 3 declarations (P.Oxy. LI 3624-3626: silversmiths, bakers, and Tarsian weavers and were part of a roll that was damaged on all sides

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership likely a meniarches; however, not only does the title of the individual who has submitted the declaration appear to have not been recorded, the individual(s)' name(s) are lost at line 6.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction Official interaction; association acting on behalf of the group representing them before the authorities.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Bagnall, R. S. (2000) 'Governmental roles in the economy of late antiquity', in E. Lo Cascio and D. Rathbone (eds.) Production and Public Powers in Classical Antiquity. Cambridge: 86-91 (esp. 89-90)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The similarities between this declaration and the others from Oxyrhynchus that date to the same time suggest that this was a private association.