Guild Document "fabri Romae CIL 06, *00578 (dubius)"

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Document name fabri Romae CIL 06, *00578 (dubius)
Name variant (this document) procurator coll fabrorum / dendroph et centon / et
Standard name of the group fabri tignuarii Romae
English standard name
Standard reference CIL 06, *00578 (dubius)
References to other standard editions CIL 06, *00578
Source type inscription
Type of inscription religious
Type of monument
Main location Roma
Main province Roma
Main admininistrative district Roma
Post quem 76 AD
Exact date
Ante quem 250 AD
Notes on dating The temple (or sacred place) dedicated to Minerva to which this inscription would belong was (re)built by Domitian (Cecamore 2002: 181-182), but the cult location might have been older.
Corporate designation collegium
Internal institutions magister ; minister ; procurator
Protectors
Collective action
Collective assets
Collective entitlements
Public recognition and privileges
Private duties and liabilities
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Notes
A dedication to Minerva Victrix Ergane by a magister, a minister and a procurator of collegia of fabri, dendrophori, and centonarii and their patronus. Almost certainly false. See critical note in the source record.
Standard text of source
Minervae Victric(i) / Erganae sacr(um) / M(arcus Bullonius M(arci) f(ilius) Euo/dus magister coll(egiorum?) / L(ucius) Gargennius L(uci) f(ilius) Lu/crio minister coll(egiorum) / A(ulus) Nebuleius A(uli) f(ilius) Hir/rus procurator coll(egiorum) fabrorum / dendroph(orum) et centon(ariorum) / et tignarior(um) / T(itus) Purellius T(iti) f(ilius) Suc/culus patron(us) / iiiivir quinquenn(alis) / d(onum) d(edit)
Translation Sacred to Minerva Victrix. Marcus Bullonius Euodus, son of Marcus, magister of the guilds, Lucius Gargennius Lucrius, son of Lucius, minister of the guilds, Aulus Nebuleius Hirrus, son of Aulus, procurator of the guilds of craftsmen, dendrophori, clothmen, and carpenters/builders. Titus Purellius Succulus, son of Titus, patron, quattuorvir quinquennalis has donated as a gift.
Notes on the source
Accepted as genuine by La Rocca (in Cecamore 2002: 5-8) but like many of the inscriptions preserved only in Ligorius' manuscrips of doubtful authenticity (Cooley 2012: 386-394). In this case for various specific reasons:
1) The separation of fabrorum and tinguariorum is very odd and  suspicious since it seems to indicate that whoever wrote this tekst either assumed that there were four related collegia, viz. of the fabri, dendrophori, the centonarii, and the tignuarii, or that there were three variants of collegia fabrum, viz. of dendrophori, centonarii, and tignuarii.
2) Equally suspicious is the position of the patron and quattuorvir quinquennalis, T. Purellius T. f. Succulus. The latter is a municipal office, not a collegial one. Theoretically it might be possible that the three (or four) most prestigious collegii of Rome elected a municipal notable as patron, but since this monument was erected in Rome it should in that case have mentioned the city of which Purellius had obtained the high office.
3) ministri are usually slaves, not freeborn as would here be the case
(see also comments to CIL 6, *578)