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Author: Maria-Gabriella Parissaki

CAPInv. 687: he techne he ton sakkophoron ton apo tes eleras

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Propontic Thrace
iii. Site Perinthos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ τέχνη ἡ τῶν σακκοφόρων τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐληρᾶς (I.Perinthos 58, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he techne he ton sakkophoron ton apo tes eleras

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Imp.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:σακκοφόροι, sakkophoroi
Topographical:τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐληρᾶς, ton epo tes eleras, derives from (μέτρα, metra) ἐληρά, elera (oil-measures), and denotes the place at Perinthos' market where the buying and selling of oil took place.
iii. Descriptive terms τέχνη, techne
Note techne: I.Perinthos 58, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Perinthos 58 (Imp.)
Online Resources I.Perinthos 58 and AGRW ID 14157
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek of a statue and a βωμός, bomos (l. 4), by the association of the sakkophoroi to an unnamed deity.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble base for statue
ii. Source(s) provenance Seen by Aristarchis in 1852 at the church of St Nicolaos at Omurca (appr. 10 km at the north of ancient Perinthos). No recorded autopsy since then; present whereabouts unknown.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The inscription mentions the erection of a statue and a βωμός, bomos, by the association.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The cost for the erection of the statue was covered by the association ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων, ek ton idion (ll. 5-6); this indicates that the guild could have collected funds, even if on an ad hoc basis.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status This was the professional association of σακκοφόροι, sakkophoroi, working at Perinthos.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Robert, L. (1974), ‘Des Carpathes à la Propontide. VII. De Périnthe à Apamée, Cyzique et Claros, 1. Une inscription de Périnthe’, StudClas 16: 53-88, esp. 67, no. 34.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note As indicated by its name, this was a private association of professionals.