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Last Updated on 01 Jul 2019

Author: Aitor Blanco Perez

CAPInv. 386: latypoi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Pisidia
iii. Site Termessos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) λατύποι (TAM III.1 872, IX.28)
ii. Full name (transliterated) latypoi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) - iii (?) AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:latypoi

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) TAM III.1 872, IX.28
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Seat carvings. Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Letters directly carved on the seats of the theatre
ii. Source(s) provenance Theatre

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
iv. Status References to this group were found on the seats in the front row of the upper cavea, indicating a prestigious location (see van Nijf 1997: 225)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The sequence ορλατ, orlat, appears 5 times on the seats of the theatre of Termessos. Heberdey expanded such abbreviations as Ορ(ρεων) λα(τύπων), Or(reon) la(typon), in his edition of TAM III.1. More recently, Brandt 1992 has proposed ὀρείοι λατύποι, oreioi latupoi, referring to stone-cutters of the mountains around the city.
The script would indicate a date in the Roman imperial period. Near these seats an Aurelia is attested. However, the use of letter forms carved directly on such surfaces is not an accurate dating criterion.
iii. Bibliography Heberdey, R. (1929), Termessische Studien. Vienna.
Brandt, H. (1992), Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft Pamphyliens und Pisidiens im Altertum. Bonn.
van Nijf, O. (1997), The civic world of professional associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note With the surviving information, it is impossible to know whether these stone-cutters constituted a guild or they just wanted to state their occupation without implying the existence of a private association.