Associations in the Greco-Roman World (AGRW)

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An Association of Women Mimes (undated) ║ Rome - Latium

Rome (Latium, Italy — Pleiades map), undated
CIL VI 10109 = ILS 5217 = AGRW ID# 24913

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This inscription is notable for its attestation to the rarely documented phenomenon of all women's professional associations.

For the members of the women mimes association. This burial plot is 15 feet wide and 12 feet long.

Translation by: Richard Last

Sociarum | mimarum | in fr(onte) p(edes) XV | in agr(o) p(edes) XII

Item added: April 24, 2020
Item modified: April 24, 2020
ID number: 24913
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Category: 8) Italy, a) Women and the associations, f) Occupational guild (excluding those below), Funerary text