Guild Document "fabri et centonarii Mediolani CIL 05, 05578 (fabri)"

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Document name fabri et centonarii Mediolani CIL 05, 05578 (fabri)
Name variant (this document)
Standard name of the group fabri Mediolani
English standard name craftsmen
Standard reference CIL 05, 05578
References to other standard editions CIL 05, 05578 = Epigraphica-2004-336 = AE 1972, 00223 = AE 1996, 00769
Source type inscription
Type of inscription funerary
Type of monument panel
Main location Mediolanum
Main province Italia: Regio 11, Transpadana
Main admininistrative district Transpadana (Regio XI)
Post quem 149 AD
Exact date
Ante quem 171 AD
Notes on dating The guilds of 'fabri' and of 'centonarii' were joined at some point between 109 and 131 CE (Liu 2009: 44), so this inscription (dated 'year 40' of the guild) must date to 149-171 CE. Boscolo (2003: 395-397; 2004) and Volontè Clerici (1996: 250-251) dated the insription to before the Flavian because the two persons mentioned appear to lack 'cognomina' and the text is very brief. The stone, however, is incomplete and its edges are deliberately chiselled, suggesting it was resized for a new purpose.
Corporate designation
Internal institutions curatores ; anni
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Public recognition and privileges
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Notes
A dedication set up by two curatores of a collegium.  The mention of anni XXXX strongly suggests that this was the joint collegium fabrum et centonariorum. The original purpose of the inscription (funerary, honorary?) can no longer be made out.
Standard text of source
L(ucius) Cris+[- - -] / C(aius) Pomp[eius] / curatore[s] / anni XXXX
Translation
… Lucius Crisp… and Caius Pompeius, curators in the 40th year (of the guild).
Notes on the source