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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Western Asia Minor
ii.	Region	Lycia
iii.	Site	Soura (Sura)

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	Σεβαστὴ πλατεία (Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II no. 83, ll. 6-7; Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II no.84, l. 6; Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht no. 48 l. 10; Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht no. 49 ll. 9-10; Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht no. 50 ll. 4-5)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	Sebaste plateia

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

200 - 300 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i.

Name in other forms

The name is abbreviated: σ(εβαστῆς) π(λατείας) in Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht no. 49 l. 7

ii.

Name elements

Cultic:

Σεβαστὴ, Sebaste
This term indicates the august or "Augustal" character of the association, namely that it had some connection with the cult of the living Roman emperor (such as the celebration of rites in his honour).

iii.

Descriptive terms

πλατεία, plateia
The term "neighbourhood" refers to a street association.

Note

For sources, see V.i.

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	Text 1: Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II 45, no. 83 (237 AD) Text 2: Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II 46, no. 84 (3rd c. AD) Text 3: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht, 15, no. 48 (3rd c. AD) Text 4: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15, no. 49 (3rd c. AD) Text 5: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15, no. 50 (3rd c. AD)
	Online Resources	Text 1: PHI: Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II 45,83 Harland, AGRW no. 11637 2: PHI: Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II 46,84 Harland, AGRW no. 11677 3: PHI: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15,48 Harland, AGRW no. 11685 4: PHI: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15,49 Harland, AGRW no. 11694 5: PHI: Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15,50 Harland, AGRW no. 11703
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Dedications to Apollo Sourios. Greek.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Large marble slabs.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Kocademre (Soura/Sura near Myra).

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii.

References to buildings/objects

The objects or structures consecrated to Apollo Sourios remain unclear in all of the texts.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv.	Officials	γραμματεύς, grammateus. The secretary of the association was apparently appointed on an annual base (all attested names of the secretaries in the five inscriptions are different). This official appears on all five texts. προστάται, prostatai. These officials were also appointed on an annual basis. They appear on all five texts.
v.	Other staff	ἱεροκηρυκεύω, hierokerukeuo All five texts mention a ἱεροκήρυξ, hierokeryx. Texts 1-2 and 5 mention the same man, Marcius Xanthos; the other two texts mention different individuals. It is unclear if this office is to be related to the association, or perhaps better, to a dating formula following a prominent office, such as that of the Lycian ethnos, cp. TAM II 366 (Xanthos).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i.	Number	Text 1: grammateus: the grammateus bears a Roman name 26 prostatai; three of the prostate bear Roman names while the name of one prostates is not followed by the father's name Text 2: grammateus 21 prostatai of which two were possibly freemen Text 3: grammateus: the grammateus bears a Roman name 23 prostatai: two of the prostatai bear Roman names, and one was probably a freedman Text 4: grammateus: 1 Roman name 20 prostatai Text 5: grammateus: 1 not Roman 20 prostatai
ii.	Gender	Men Women
	Note	All of the members mentioned in texts 1-5 are male, with one exception, a female grammateus in Heberdey-Kalinka, Bericht 15 no. 48 ll. 6-7
iv.	Status	Freedmen probable Roman citizens.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii.	Worship	All of the five texts are consecrations made to Apollo Sourios (of Soura/Sura).
	Deities worshipped	Apollo Sourios. Emperor/Sebastos (likely), see above IV.ii.

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

ἱερομένος διὰ βίου, hieromenos dia biou
Along with the civic or provincial archiereus, this title is invoked in the dating formulae of all the text. It is clear that the priesthood was that of Apollo Sourios: the office-holder Ἀντίγονος δὶς (β᾽) ὁ καὶ Λυσίμαχος Μυρεύς mentioned in Text 2 is the same man honoured by Soura in Petersen-Luschan, Reisen II 45, no. 82 (the priesthood was nominally "for life", but actually the office-holder is different in all 5 texts, thus the title was likely an honorific one).

XII. NOTES