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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 615: machairopoioi

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Phoenicia
iii. Site Sidon

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) μαχαιροποιοί (SEG 55: 1660, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) machairopoioi

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 48 / 47 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:machairopoioi
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: SEG 55: 1660, l. 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 55: 1660 (48 / 47 BC)
Note See also AGRW 275.
Online Resources AGRW ID 4835
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble plaque
ii. Source(s) provenance Sidon, probably from the sanctuary of Eshmun

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership ἄρχων, archon (ll. 3-4)
Eponymous office The document is dated according to the Sidonian Era, but also (through a genitive absolute) by the archon (ll. 1-4).

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Given the dedication to the theos hagios by the group, worship may be supposed.
Deities worshipped Theos Hagios

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 89
iii. Bibliography Wachter, R. (2005), ‘Die griechischen Inschriften’, in R.A. Stucky (ed.), Das Eschmun-Heiligtum von Sidon. Architektur und Inschriften, Basel: 319-31, esp. 321.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note The use of a corporate designation proves that this is an early example of a professional association. Nothing suggests that it was not an essentially private network.