Guild Document "centonarii Cemeneli AE 1967, 00281"

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Document name centonarii Cemeneli AE 1967, 00281
Name variant (this document) collegi utriclarior(um) ; collegio fabrum utricla/
Standard name of the group centonarii Cemeneli
English standard name clothmen
Standard reference AE 1967, 00281
References to other standard editions IANice 00066 = CAG-06, p 486 = ILAM 00160 = AE 1967, 00281
Source type inscription
Type of inscription religious
Type of monument panel
Main location Cemenelum
Main province Alpes Maritimae
Main admininistrative district
Post quem 101 AD
Exact date
Ante quem 225 AD
Notes on dating The archaeological context to which the inscription belongs appears to be early third century (Benoît 1966: 192), but the inscription probably belongs with the statue that it mentions and may be older. The 'tria nomina' and tribe indicate a date not too far into the third cnetury (Kneissl (1981: 203) suggests second century; Liu (2009: 364, no. 133) late second or early third century).
Corporate designation collegium
Internal institutions
Protectors patroni
Collective action
Collective assets Statue of Mercury in public baths
Collective entitlements
Public recognition and privileges permission to use public space for monument
Private duties and liabilities
Receive handouts et oleum ; statue to Mercury in public baths
Donate
Notes
The inscription was on the pedestal of a statue to Mercury, set up in the public baths, on behalf of the 'collegia' mentioned in the inscription.
 
The singular collegio  fabrum utricla/riorum et centonariorum is noteworthy, but several other inscriptions from Cemenelum mention the tria collegia (CIL 5, 7881; 7905; AE 1965, 00194). See Liu 2009: 136; Benoît 1966: 164 for a discussion.
 
Liu 2009: 136 considers but rejects the possibility that collegio fabrum utriclarium et centonariorum would indicate a separat group of fabri utriclarii.
Standard text of source
Signum Mercuri / C(aius) Cassius C(ai) fil(ius) Claudia / Paternus decurio patronus / collegi utriclarior(um) donum d(edit) d(edicavit) / qua die collegio fabrum utricla/riorum et centonariorum sportu/las et oleum dedit
Translation
Statue of Mercurius. Caius Cassius Paternus, son of Caius, of the Claudia tribe, decurio, patron of the guild of utriclarii has given (this) as a gift and dedicated (it), on which day he has given hand-outs and oil to the guild of craftsmen, utriclarii, and clothmen.
Notes on the source