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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 616: he 5 techne kleinopeg<o>n (l. klinopegon)

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ε' τέχνη κλεινοπη<γ>ῶν (l. κλινοπηγῶν) (SEG 55: 1654, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he 5 techne kleinopeg<o>n (l. klinopegon)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 98 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:klinopegoi
Other:ordinal number five
iii. Descriptive terms τέχνη, techne
Note techne: SEG 55: 1654, ll. 4-5

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 55: 1654 (AD 98)
Note See also: AGRW 276; AE 2005: 1569.
Online Resources AGRW ID 4837
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, sanctuary of Eshmun

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ἀκτή, akte (l. 4). What this means is unclear. It is built "for the association of couch-makers", so it may designate a cult-room, but the etymology is unknown (Wachter cautiously refers to Arabic 'aqada, "zusammentreffen").

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The akte is paid for ἐκ τοῦ κοινοῦ, ek tou koinou (ll. 5-6)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The meaning of the designation 'the fifth techne' in the nomenclature of the couch-makers is unclear. The fifth of all the technai? Hardly the fifth techne in this particular craft.
Wachter 2005: 326 also restores [κλι]νοπη[γῶν], [kli]nope[gon] in another inscription from the sanctuary of Eshmun.
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. 322.

XIII. EVALUATION

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