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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2013: Polykleion Boarsai koinon

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Rhodos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Πολυκλείοι Βοαρσαί κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Polykleion Boarsai koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms [τὸ κ]οινὸν τὸ Πολυκλείων Β[οαρσᾶν], IG XII(1) 102, l. 1.
ii. Name elements
Personal:Πολυκλείοι, Polykleioi l. 23-24 - From the Greek personal name Πολυκλῆς Polykles (LGPN I s.v. 56-60, cf. CAPInv. 2012 and CAPInv. 2013). The compound name likely suggests a founder or a benefactor of the association, (cf. Thomsen (forthcoming), Gabrielsen 1997 p. 126-7, Maiuri 1916 p. 141, Poland 1909 p. 73-6).
Topographical:Βοαρσαί, Boarsai, l. 24 - The meaning of the word is unknown, but it may stem from a village, district or a neighbourhood. (Cf. CAPInv. 2015).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon, l. 24.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Maiuri, NS no. 18
IG XII(1) 102
Online Resources Maiuri, NS no. 18
IG XII(1) 102

AGRW no. 14965
AGRW no. 12523
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Maiuri, NS no. 18: Dedicatory-honourific inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Maiuri, NS no. 18: Great block of local gray marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance Maiuri, NS no. 18: Retrieved during the excavation at the construction site for the school of Amarantios in Neochori in the city of Rhodos.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance B 261
iii. Bibliography - Gabrielsen, Vincent (1997), The Naval Aristocracy of Hellenistic Rhodes, Aarhus.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινόν), used together with a personal name element, guarantees the private character of the association.