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Author: Paschalis Paschidis

CAPInv. 774: [synetheia (?) Arte]midos Akraias

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Macedonia
ii. Region Mygdonia
iii. Site Thessalonike

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [συνήθεια (?) Ἀρτέ]μιδος Ἀκραίας (IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1339, l. 7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [synetheia (?) Arte]midos Akraias

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 117 / 118 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Artemis Akraias
iii. Descriptive terms συνήθεια, synetheia
Note synetheia: IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1339, l. 7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1339 (AD 117/8)
Note Other editions: SEG 56: 765
Online Resources IG X.2.1 Suppl. 1339
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Stele in Greek with inscription in a moulded panel.
ii. Source(s) provenance In the eastern part of the city.

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership According to Nigdelis' restoration, the association was led by a ἱέρεια, hiereia (priestess) (l. 8).
Eponymous office The official is mentioned in the genitive, in a dating formula.
iv. Officials A γραμματεύς, grammateus, and an ἐξεταστής, exetastes are also attested (ll. 9-11).
Eponymous officials All officials are mentioned in the genitive, in a dating formula.
ix. Privileges The association paid for the funerary monument of one of its members, along with the association of Herakles (CAP 756).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note The two officials below the priestess were men, but the association was led by a woman.
iv. Status The not very common nomen Titinnius born by the priestess does not allow safe conclusions as to her status. The metronymy of the exetastes may point to the lower strata, but not necessarily so.

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction A member of the association appears to have been simultaneously a member of the association of Herakles (CAP 756).

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The restoration συνήθεια, synetheia, is not entirely certain; συνήθεις, synetheis is equally possible.

On Artemis Akraia, see the comments of Nigdelis 2006: 156-7.

The fact that two associations (this and CAPInv. 756) worshiping two traditional Macedonian deities (presiding over rites of passage and the coming of age of young men, Herakles, and women, Artemis Akraia) appear to operate jointly in Imperial Macedonia is particularly noteworthy.
iii. Bibliography Nigdelis, P.M. (2006), Επιγραφικά Θεσσαλονίκεια. Συμβολή στην πολιτική και κοινωνική ιστορία της αρχαίας Θεσσαλονίκης, Thessaloniki: 152-9 no. 5.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note A collective descriptive term and a number of officials are indicators of a private association.