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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Western Asia Minor
ii.	Region	Phrygia
iii.	Site	Hierapolis

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	ἡ σεμνοτάτη ἐργασία τῶν ἐριοπλυτῶν (Altertümer von Hierapolis 40, ll. 1-3)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	he semnotate ergasia ton erioplyton

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

ii - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

ἡ ἐργασία τῶν ἐριοπλυτῶν (AAT 101: 317, no. 45, l. 5)

ii.

Name elements

Professional:	ἑριοπλυταί, erioplytai
Other:	σεμνοτάτη, semnotate

iii.

Descriptive terms

ἐργασία, ergasia

Note

ergasia: Altertümer von Hierapolis 40, l. 2; AAT 101: 317, no. 45, l. 5

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Altertümer von Hierapolis 40 AAT 101: 317, no. 45 (with BE 1971: no. 652)
	Online Resources	Altertümer von Hierapolis 40 AAT 101: 317, no. 45
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	The first document is an honorific decree; the second document is a funerary inscription. If someone acts against the will of the tomb's owner by burying someone else there or selling the place, he shall pay a fine to the erioplytai. Greek.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	The first document is a white marble plate.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	The first document was found near the theatre of Hierapolis.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iii.

Members

οἱ τῆς ἐργασίας τῶν ἐριοπλυτῶν οἱ μετέχοντες, hoi tes ergasias ton erioplyton hoi metechontes. (AAT 101: 317, no. 45, ll. 5-6)

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv.

Endowments

The association is the recipient of a funerary endowment (stephanotikon; in Pennacchietti's edition (AAT 101: 317, no. 45), it is qualified as "great", mega, but the Roberts have plausibly argued for a different reading). The coronation of the grave shall take place on the birthday (genethlion, AAT 101: 317, no. 45, l. 8) of the deceased woman's son.

X. ACTIVITIES

ii.	Meetings and events	The association was entrusted with taking care of a grave.
iv.	Honours/Other activities	Altertümer von Hierapolis 40 is an honorific decree for a man who had served as strategos, agonothetes, grammateus (Altertümer von Hierapolis 40, ll. 6-7) of the temples of Asia, presbeutes and archiereus (Altertümer von Hierapolis 40, ll. 12-14; he is described as a "benefacter of the homeland".

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

The association honors the same person as do the porphyrabaphoi (Altertümer von Hierapolis 41); both associations use the same wording.

XII. NOTES

ii.	Poland concordance	Poland Ζ 66 (Altertümer von Hierapolis 40)
iii.	Bibliography	Pennacchietti, F.A. (1967), ‘Nuove iscrizioni di Hierapolis di Frigia’, AAT 101: 287-328. Ritti, T. (1995), ‘Associazioni di mestiere a Hierapolis di Frigia’, in B. Maria Giannattasio (ed.), Viaggi e commerci nell'antichità. Atti VII Giornata Archeologia, Genova: 65-84. Robert, J., and L. (1971), ‘Bulletin Épigraphique’, REG 84: no. 652.

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

CAPInv. 139: he semnotate ergasia ton erioplyton