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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 611: [oikos poreutikon]

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Palaestina
iii. Site Askalon

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [οἶκος πορευτικῶν] (SEG 51: 2016, l. 7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [oikos poreutikon]

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 100 - 250 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms oecus poreuticor(um) (l. 4)
ii. Name elements
Professional:poreutikoi
iii. Descriptive terms οἶκος, oikos
Note oikos: SEG 51: 2016, l. 7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 51: 2016 (100 - 250 AD)
Online Resources AGRW ID 4570
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Bilingual Greek-Latin epitaph: the inscription commemorates a deceased Roman citizen, probably from the Western part of the empire (Eck and Zissu 2001: 91).
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble tablet
ii. Source(s) provenance Unknown, probably found not far from Askalon

XII. NOTES

i. Comments In the Greek text, the line containing the name is lost, but its restoration is certain.
iii. Bibliography Eck, W., and Zissu, B. (2001), ‘A Nauclerus de oeco poreuticorum in a New Inscription from Ashkelon/Ascalon’, SCI 20: 89-96.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Professional associations in the 2nd/3rd century AD, and especially those involving transport, were often very close to the official civic institutions, but they probably remained essentially private associations.