Guild Document "fabri tignuarii Arelatis CIL 12, 00719"

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Document name fabri tignuarii Arelatis CIL 12, 00719
Name variant (this document) fabr(i) ti/gnuar(ii) c(oloniae) I(uliae) P(aternae
Standard name of the group fabri tignuarii Arelatis
English standard name construction workers
Standard reference CIL 12, 00719
References to other standard editions CIL 12, 00719 = CAG-13-05, p 614
Source type inscription
Type of inscription funerary
Type of monument
Main location Arelate
Main province Narbonensis
Main admininistrative district
Post quem 101 AD
Exact date
Ante quem 225 AD
Notes on dating Leveau and Gascou (1996: 246-247)( following Constans) date this inscription 'au plus tôt, dans les dernière décennies du Ier siècle ap. J.-C.', but without arguments. DM abbreviated in Arles indicates a date after c. 100 CE. 'Merenti' becomes more common in the later second century. The tria nomina last longer in Narbonnensis than elsewhere. The genitive case for the deceased is common in Gallia Narbonnensis.
Corporate designation corpus
Internal institutions magistri ; primus artifex
Protectors
Collective action
Collective assets
Collective entitlements
Public recognition and privileges
Private duties and liabilities
Receive
Donate
Notes
Standard text of source
D(is) M(anibus) //
L(uci) Avent(ini) Avit/iani fabr(i) ti/gnuar(ii) c(oloniae) I(uliae) P(aternae) Arel(atis) / mag(istri) eiusdem / corp(oris)
primo / art(ifici) T(itus) / Tossiu/s Marcus Co/sna ? merenti
Translation
To the God-Spirits of the Dead. Of Lucius Aventinus Avitianus, carpenter/builder of the colony of Iulia Paterna Arelate, magister of the same corporation, first craftsman. Titus Tossius (and) Marcus Cosna to the deserving man
Notes on the source Leveau and Gascou 1996: esp. 246-247

This inscription is preserved only in a manuscript. There are  difficulties with its reading:
We would expect PRIMI, not PRIMO.
COSNA is non-sensical, Mommsen suggested COGNA(to)
There is a discussion on the interpretation of ART (see CIL and Leveau and Gascou), but ART(ifici) makes perfect sense.