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Last Updated on 21 Jun 2019

Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 1873: eranistai Eisiastai

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Kos
iii. Site Kos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταὶ Εἰσιασταί (IG XII 4.2 1027, ll. 3-4)
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai Eisiastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Isiastai
Other:eranistai

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG XII 4.2 1027 (i BC)
Note EV 278
RICIS 204/1003
Online Resources EV 278
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific inscription in Greek for Charmophantes son of Hageson by Archikydes son of Charmophantes and the eranistai Isiastai.
i.c. Physical format(s) Small base of gray marble with moulding in the upper part. A hole with channel in the lower part.
H. 20 x W. 19 x Th. 16 cm.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in 1939 in the church of Aghia Triada close to the Roman theatre.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

iv. Status All names are Greek, followed by the patronymic.
v. Relations The honorand was the son of the individual who together with the association granted honours to him.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Joint honours for Charmophantos son of Ageson by the association and the father of the honorand Archikydes, son of Charmophantos.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction See XII.i.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments It is unclear wither Archikydes was the leader of the eranistai Isiastai or whether he jointly honoured his father together with the association.
For other associations devoted to the cult of Egyptian deities in Kos see CAP Inv. 1869 with further references.
A koinon of Isiastai eranistai is also attested in Rhodes: see CAP Inv. 1815

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The name, consisting of a cultic element together with a descriptive term, is indicative of private association.