Associations in the Greco-Roman World (AGRW)

An expanding collection of inscriptions, papyri, and other sources in translation (run by Philip A. Harland)

Grave Crowning by a Guild of Dyers (138-300 CE) Hierapolis - Phrygia


Hierapolis (Phrygia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 150-300 CE
IHierapJ 50 = Labarre and Dinahet 1996, 107 (no. 67) = CIG 3924b = Waltzing, no. 123 = PHI 271665 = AGRW ID# 10523
Copenhagen Inventory info: 162


bibliography            

Large funerary altar near the beginning of the street (in front of the portico) in the northern necropolis.

The guild of dyers (bapheis) crowned this grave.

Translation by: Harland



τοῦτο τὸ ἡρῷον | στεφανοῖ | ἡ ἐργασία τῶν βαφέων.

Item added: February 8, 2013
Item modified: October 18, 2020
ID number: 10523
Short link address:
http://www.philipharland.com/greco-roman-associations/?p=10523

Leave a Question, Comment or Correction

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*