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Last Updated on 23 Mar 2017

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 595: agoreis (l. agoraioi)

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area The Near East and Beyond
ii. Region Arabia
iii. Site Gerasa

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἀγορεῖς (I.Gerasa 80, l. 1; I.Gerasa 81, l. 1 )
ii. Full name (transliterated) agoreis (l. agoraioi)

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 150 - 250 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:agoreis (l. agoraioi)

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Gerasa 80 (150 - 250 AD)
I.Gerasa 81 (150 - 250 AD)
Note See also: SEG 7: 880
Online Resources I.Gerasa 80
I.Gerasa 81
AGRW ID 22952 (for both I.Gerasa 80-81)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek building inscriptions
i.c. Physical format(s) Inscriptions on columns
ii. Source(s) provenance Macellum of Gerasa

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The agoreis must have financed the erection of the columns; nothing else is known.
iii. Bibliography Uscatescu, A., and Martín-Bueno, M. (1997), ‘The Macellum of Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan): From a Market Place to an Industrial Area’, BASO 307: 67-88, esp. 71-2.
Welles, C.B. (1938), ‘The Inscriptions’, in C.H. Kraeling (ed.), Gerasa. City of the Decapolis, New Haven: 353-494.

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.