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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 309: [k]oinon era[ni]ston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Athens

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [κ]οινὸν ἐρα[νι]στῶν (IG II3 (4) (1) 654, l. 1)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [k]oinon era[ni]ston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) s. ii BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: IG II3 (4) (1) 654, l. 1

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG II3 (4) (1) 654 (second half II BC)
Note Ed. pr.:An.Ép. 1859: 1828, no. 3500 (frg. A) (ΑΡΜΑ 5: 162, no. 1155); An.Ép. 1860: 1919, no. 3738 (frg. B) (ΑΡΜΑ 5: 154, no. 1086/7)
Other publications: IG II2 2354; Lueders no. 6 (frg. b); Foucart no. 40 (frg. a); GRA I 30
Cf. BE 1987: no. 573
Online Resources IG II2 2354 and AGRW ID 3921
IG II3 (4) (1) 654 English translation
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Greek dedication followed by a list of names (of members).
i.c. Physical format(s) Two joining pieces of a marble stele measuring 0.11x0.34m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in the Akropolis, now in the Epigraphical Museum, EM 8082.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note Men: 10
Women: 13
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Unidentified. See Arnaoutoglou 2011.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland A35
iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2011), ‘"Ils étaient dans la ville, mais tout à fait en dehors de la cité". Status and identity in private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens’, in O. van Nijf and R. Alston (eds.), Political culture in the Greek city after the classical age, Leuven: 27-48.
Parker, R. (1996), Athenian religion. A history. Oxford. (SEG 47: 26)
Tracy, S. (1990), Attic letter-cutters of 229 to 86 B.C.. Berkeley: 246. (SEG 40: 129)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note Poland 1909: 29 claims that this is not a real association but an ad hoc group; see also the reservations of Parker 1996: 337, n. 23. However, the use of the term koinon eraniston betrays a sense of community stronger than a casual gathering.