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Author: Ursula Kunnert

CAPInv. 1017: to sysstema ton eugenestaton trapeziton

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Eastern Asia Minor
ii. Region Cilicia
iii. Site Corycus

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ σύσστεμα τον εὐγενεστάτον τραπεζιτoν (MAMA III 771, ll. 1-3)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to sysstema ton eugenestaton trapeziton

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Byz.

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:οἱ τραπεζῖται, hoi trapezitai
Status-related:εὐγενεστάτος, eugenestatos
iii. Descriptive terms σύστημα, systema
Note systema: MAMA III 771, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA III 771 (Byz.)
Note Other editions/commentaries:
AGRW
Barth 1850: 249, no. 10
CIG 9179
Dittmann-Schöne VI.9.2
Hagel-Tomaschitz, Repertorium Kry 22
GRA II 439
LBW 1443
Waltzing 1895-1900: 23, no. 97
Online Resources AGRW ID# 13481
MAMA III 771
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A Greek funerary inscription of the systema of the money changers
i.c. Physical format(s) On the lid of a sarcophagus
ii. Source(s) provenance In the necropolis of Corycus

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects The inscriptions indicates a common burial place (sarcophagus) of the members of the systema.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Barth, H. (1850), ‘Auf Reisen durch die Küstenlandschaften des Mittelmeeres gesammelte Inschriften’, RhM 7: 246-70, esp. 249, no. 10.
Broughton, T.R.S. (1975), ‘Roman Asia Minor’, in T. Frank (ed.), An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome IV. New York: 499-916, esp. 844.
Dittmann-Schöne, I. (2010), Die Berufsvereine in den Städten des kaiserzeitlichen Kleinasiens. 2nd. ed. Regensburg: 261.
Harland, P.A. (2014), Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary, II. North Coast of the Black Sea, Asia Minor. Berlin, Boston.
Waltzing, J.-P. (1895-1900), Étude historique sur les corporations professionnelles chez les Romains: depuis les origines jusqu'à la chute de l'Empire d'Occident. Louvain.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name of the association and the collective burial space suggest a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain