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Last Updated on 13 Mar 2017

Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1209: Herakleiastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Istros

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἡρακλειασταί (I.Histriae 57, l. 32)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Herakleiastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Herakleiastai: Heracles

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Histriae 57, l. 32 (s. ii AD)
Online Resources I.Histriae 57 and AGRW ID 16139
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek honorary decree for Aba Hekataiou, a benefactress of citizens and of several associations.
i.c. Physical format(s) Nine joining fragments of a marble stele.
ii. Source(s) provenance Istros

XII. NOTES

i. Comments Aba was also a benefactress of the tektones (CAPInv. 1208), the Taureastai (CAPInv. 1210), and the speira Dionysiaston presbyteron (CAPInv. 1218).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name of the group and the context suggest a private association.