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Geographical area |
Western Asia Minor
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Region |
Lydia
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Site |
Thyateira
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Full name (original language) |
οἱ τοῦ σταταρίου ἐργασταὶ καὶ προξενηταὶ σωμάτων (TAM V.2 932, ll. l-2)
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Full name (transliterated) |
hoi tou statariou ergastai kai proxenetai somaton
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Name elements |
| Professional: | The name refers to professions related to the slave market.
On the profession of proxenetai cf. Robert (1939): 212; Habicht (1975): 89
For the proxenetai as slave dealer cf. Dittmann-Schöne (2001): III.1.19. |
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Source(s) |
TAM V.2 932 (ii - iii AD)
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Honorific inscription by the association for a slave trader and former agoranomos. Greek.
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Physical format(s) |
Marble base
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Source(s) provenance |
Thyateira
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References to buildings/objects |
Reference to a statue of the honorand.
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Honours/Other activities |
The association honors Alexandros, son of Alexandros, slave trader and former agoranomos without a stain, who had made at his expenses many donations to the city for the festivities of the Augusti.
As agoranomos (and member of the elite), the honorand was surely an important benefactor of the association. Even though he was professionally a slave trader, it is still not certain that he was a member of the association.
Cf. for possible interpretations Pleket, H.W. (1984), ‘Urban elites and the economy of the Greek cities of the Roman empire’, MBAH 3.1: 3-36
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Bibliography |
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2001), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. Regensburg.
Habicht, C. (1975), ‘New evidence on the province of Asia’, JRS 65: 64-91
Robert, L. (1939), ‘Hellenica,’RPh: 97-217
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Private association |
Probable
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Note |
It is a professional association
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