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Last Updated on 24 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 712: hoi Seienoi ... tes hieras plateias

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Canathae

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ Σειήνοι ... τῆς ἱερᾶς πλατείας (IGR III 1230, ll. 6-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi Seienoi ... tes hieras plateias

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Ethnic:Seienoi
Topographical:hiera plateia

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IGR III 1230 (i - iii AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorific text.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities "The Seienoi (= the inhabitants of Si'a) ... of the hiera plateia" honor a centurio.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The gap in the name of the group could be filled by ἔμποροι, emporoi, or the like.
ii. Poland concordance Poland Z *89 A

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note Given the nominative Seienoi, plateia is not in this case used as the designation of an association, but rather topographically: "The Seienian (merchants vel sim.) of the hiera plateia". In any case, this could be a professional association.