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| Document name | fabri et centonarii Mediolani CIL 05, 05612 (fabri) |
| Name variant (this document) | coll(egi) fabr(um) et centon(ariorum) / coloniae A |
| Standard name of the group | fabri Mediolani |
| English standard name | craftsmen |
| Standard reference | CIL 05, 05612 |
| References to other standard editions | CIL 05, 05612 = Liu 186 |
| Source type | inscription |
| Type of inscription | honorary? |
| Type of monument | unknown |
| Main location | Sibrium |
| Main province | Italia: Regio 11, Transpadana |
| Main admininistrative district | Transpadana (Regio XI) |
| Post quem | 246 AD |
| Exact date | |
| Ante quem | 268 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 137' of the guild must date to 246-268 CE. |
| Corporate designation | collegium |
| Internal institutions | pontifex ; curatores arcae ; decuriae ; centuriae |
| Protectors | |
| Collective action | |
| Collective assets | money ; arca |
| Collective entitlements | |
| Public recognition and privileges | |
| Private duties and liabilities | |
| Receive | |
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| Notes |
It isn't clear what type of monument this inscription belongs to. The interpretation is hampered by the loss of the inscription itself.
It appears to honour the four curatores in office when the monument was set up in tye 137th year of the guild. Boscolo (2003: 370-377) interprets the text as indicating that each of the men was honoured by different divisions of the guild: the first by the 2nd decuria of the 4th centuria, the second by the 12th centuria as a whole, the third by the first decuria of the 12th centuria alone, the fourth by the whole first centura. Liu (2009: 402-403) interprets the divisions to indicate the membership affiliation of the men.
The first man mentioned was also pontifex. Boscolo (2003: 371) believes this pontificate a civic office, not one of the collegium but CIL 05, 05738 mentions a pon[tif(ex)] et c[ur]at[or] arc(ae) collegii (cf. Liu 2009: 252) so it makes sense to interpret the pontificate here also as a priestly office of the collegium.
The inscription would have been found in Sibrium on the road Comum-Novaria, at about 30 kms from Comum, 50 from Novaria. So the village probably belonged to Comum, not to Milan. But we can't be sure the original monument was situated there.
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| Standard text of source |
Bericricenioni Val/entini pontif(icis) / decuria II [e]x ((centuria)) IIII / M(arci) Macrini Valeriani / centuria XII
L(uci) Scri[b]oni Petroniani / decuria pr(ima) [e]x [((centuria))] XI[I] / Salvi Vitalis Secundi / centuria pr(ima)
curatorib(us) ar[k(ae)] [T]i[t(ianae)] / coll(egi) fabr(um) et centon(ariorum) / coloniae A(- - -) A(ugustae) [M(ediolani)] ann(i) CXXXVII / concordia[e] eorum
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| Translation |
Of Bericricenio Valentinus, pontifex, from the second decuria of the fourth centuria, of Marcus Macrinius Valerianus from the twelfth centuria, of Lucius Scribonius Petronianus from the first decuria of the twelfth centuria, of Salvius Vitalis Secundus from the first centuria. Under the curators of the arca Titiana of the guild of craftsmen and clothmen of the colony A… Augusta Medionanum, of the 137th year.
To their harmony.
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| Notes on the source |
The inscription itself is known only from a transcript by Ciriaco d'Ancona.
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