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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1602: eisiki[arioi]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Ephesos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) εἰσικι[άριοι] (SEG 35: 1110, l. 6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eisiki[arioi]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 222 - 235 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:The designation could be restored as εἰσικι[πῶλαι], eisiki[polai]; cf. Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 157-8.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 35,1110
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.37
Online Resources SEG 35: 1110
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory inscription, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a marble column
ii. Source(s) provenance Street between theatre and stadium

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects This is another instance of professional associations receiving diastyla from M. Publicianus Nikephoros. Unlike other groups, the eisikiarioi received not one or two, but three designated places to sell their goods.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain