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Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 618: tektones

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τέκτονες (SEG 18: 599, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) tektones

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 59 / 60 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Professional:tektones

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 18: 599 (AD 59/60)
Online Resources SEG 18: 599 and AGRW ID 18518
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedicatory inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) Stone seat with sphinx

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ἀκτή, akte (ll. 3-4). On the term, see the techne kleinopegon (CAPInv. 616).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Yon and Apicella 2005: 294-5 also substitute [τε]κτόνων, [te]ktonon in a fragment from the sanctuary of Eshmun published by Wachter 2005: 326.
iii. Bibliography Seyrig, H. (1959), ‘Antiquités Syriennes 70. Divinités de Sidon’, Syria 36: 48-58.
Wachter, R. (2005), ‘Die griechischen Inschriften’, in R.A. Stucky (ed.), Das Eschmun-Heiligtum von Sidon. Architektur und Inschriften, Basel: 319-31.
Yon, J.-B., and Apicella, C. (2005), ‘Inscriptions de Sidon conservées à Byblos Inscriptions de Sidon conservées à Byblos’, BAAL 9: 291-9.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note This is another early instance of a Near Eastern professional association. Nothing suggests that it was not an essentially private network.