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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Egypt
ii.	Nome	Alexandria (L00)
iii.	Site	Alexandria

II. NAME

i.	Full name (original language)	τὸ κοινὸν τῶν Λυκίων (I.Alex. Ptol. 27, l. 4 and 9)
ii.	Full name (transliterated)	to koinon ton Lykion

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

182 - 180 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii.

Name elements

Ethnic:

Lycians

iii.

Descriptive terms

Κοινόν, koinon

Note

koinon: I.Alex. Ptol. 27, l. 4 and 9

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	I.Alex. Ptol. 27 (ca 182-180 BC)
	Note	Other editions of the text are: OGIS 99, SB V 8274 (with SEG 27: 1029 and SEG 30: 1721).
	Online Resources	OGIS 99 TM 6315
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Greek dedication of a statue by the koinon of Lycians.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Statue base in green basalt.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv.	Status	Ptolemaios, the man honoured by the koinon with a statue, bore the aulic title of archisomatophylax and was archikynegos, Chief-Hunter of the King (a Palace official). His father was also archikynegos and bore the title of protos philos of the King. They were Alexandrian citizens and appear in other inscriptions (I.Th.Sy. 314 and probably I.Philae 9): cf. Mooren 1975: nos. 0290, 0291 and Mooren 1977: 174-6.
vi.	Proper names and physical features	Πτολεμαῖον τὸν ἀρχισωματοφύλακα καὶ ἀρχικύνηγον, τὸν Πτολεμαίου τῶν πρώτων φίλων καὶ ἀρχικυνήγου υἱόν

X. ACTIVITIES

iv.

Honours/Other activities

The koinon of Lycians honours with a statue Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios, on account of his father's devotion and benevolence towards the Royal House and the koinon of Lycians (pace the interpretation by the ed. of I.Alex. Ptol. 27). It is unclear why the koinon did not honour the father directly, but rather set up a statue of the son: perhaps the father had already been granted a statue before, or he suggested to give honours to the new generation, or the koinon strategically planned to win the son's support for the future. At all events, both father and son were certainly important personages, whose favour was highly valued by the koinon of the Lycians.

XII. NOTES

i.	Comments	The origin of the inscription was originally assigned to Lycia, Cyprus, or Egypt. De Meulenaere 1977 finally proved the Alexandrian origin of the base. It has been object of scholarly debate whether the koinon of Lycians in the present text is the Lycian League or rather a private association (to be compared with the ethnic politeumata of Egypt): cf. now the discussion in Lazzarini 1980: 134-6. Recently, Kruse 2015: 295 seems to take it as a private association, with the cautious hypothesis that this koinon may appear in the sources, promoted to politeuma, three centuries later (see CAPInv. 1492).
iii.	Bibliography	Kruse, T. (2015), 'Ethnic koina and politeumata in Ptolemaic Egypt', in V. Gabrielsen and C. A. Thomsen (eds.), Private associations and the public sphere. Copenhagen, 270-300. Mooren, L. (1975), The aulic titulature in Ptolemaic Egypt. Brussel. Mooren, L. (1977), La hiérarchie de cour ptolémaïque. Lovanii. De Meulenaere, H. (1977), 'La provenance alexandrine d'OGIS I,99', CE 52, 122-4. Lazzarini, M. L. (1980), 'Due iscrizioni greche del Museo Egizio di Torino', RFIC 108: 129-41.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Discarded
	Note	On the basis of our evidence and given the absence of further specifications of the group in the text, it seems very probable that the koinon of Lycians attested here was the Lycian League and not a local private association.

CAPInv. 182: to koinon ton Lykion