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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1466: eriopolai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐριοπώλαι (I.Eph(esos) 454c, l. 3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eriopolai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 - 250 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:eriopolai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Eph(esos) 454c (150 - 250 AD)
Note See also:
Dittmann-Schöne II.1.5
Online Resources I.Eph(esos) 454c
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Seat inscription, greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscribed pillar
ii. Source(s) provenance Gymnasium of Vedius

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is likely that the eriopolai, who possess a reserved seat in the latrines of the gymnasium of Vedius, were an association, like the other groups who shared this privilege. It is less clear how l. 2 of the inscription should be interpreted. Against Dittmann-Schöne 2010: 131, it seems more probable that ἀστιοπόλων, astiopolon (l. 4) refers to another group and should not be taken as an attribute (e.g. the eriopolai "who live/sell in the city"; cf. the solutions recorded by Royer 2005: 154, and here translation: "marchands de laine qui vendent en ville"). Cf. CAPInv. 1467.
iii. Bibliography Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg.
Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Lyon.

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