Guild Document "centonarii Cemeneli CIL 05, 07920"

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Document name centonarii Cemeneli CIL 05, 07920
Name variant (this document) collegiis
Standard name of the group centonarii Cemeneli
English standard name clothmen
Standard reference CIL 05, 07920
References to other standard editions CIL 05, 07920 = IANice 00078 = CAG-06, p 516 = ILAM 00317
Source type inscription
Type of inscription funerary
Type of monument
Main location Cemenelum
Main province Alpes Maritimae
Main admininistrative district
Post quem 151 AD
Exact date
Ante quem 270 AD
Notes on dating The loquacity of the tekst and the superlative 'piissimae' suggest a date not before the middle of the second century. The rather low sum of two denarii (one 'antoninianus!) suggests a date before the reign of Aurelian
Corporate designation collegium
Internal institutions
Protectors
Collective action
Collective assets
Collective entitlements
Public recognition and privileges
Private duties and liabilities
Receive handout
Donate
Notes
This inscription attests a general handout at the occasion of the dedication of an honorary monument. The decuriones and seviri Augustales urbani (!) and the officiales receive two denarii each and the collegia members one denarius each. There was also a public banquet for these privileged groups), those present received bread and wine. All common people (populo), men and women alike, received a handout of oil.
Standard text of source
------] / [--- ma]tri piissima[e] posuit ob / cuius dedicationem decuri/onib(us) et sevir(is) Aug(ustalibus) u[rb]anis et of/[fi]cialib(us) sportulas |(denarios) duo divisit / item collegiis |(denarium) unum et recumbentibus /panem et vinum praebuit et oleum / populo viris ac mulieribus pro/misce dedit l(ocus) d(atus) d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation
… he set up (this monument) to his most devoted mother, for which dedication he distributed among the decuriones and the seviri Augustales of the city and the office-holders handouts of two denarii, likewise to the guilds (handouts of) one denarius and he provided bread and wine to the recliners and he gave oil to the people, to men and women alike without distinction. The location (for this monument) was given by decree of the council.
Notes on the source