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Author: Jan-Mathieu Carbon

CAPInv. 1125: Asklapiastan ton Theoneion koinon

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Caria (Rhodian Peraia)
iii. Site Kasara

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Ἀσ[κλα]πι[αστᾶν τ]ῶν Θε[ωνεί]ω[ν] κοινὸν (I.Rhod.Per. 52 ll. 6-7)
ii. Full name (transliterated) Asklapiastan ton Theoneion koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:Asklapiastai: worshippers of Asklepios
Personal:Theoneioi, from the name Theon. Note that Bresson (1991: 159) expresses his reservations about this restoration.
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
Note koinon: I.Rhod.Per. 52 l. 7

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Rhod.Per. 52 (1st c. BC)
Note Bresson, Recueil Pérée no. 169
Online Resources I.Rhod.Per. 52
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedication in Greek of the association for a couple of foreigners.
i.c. Physical format(s) Rectangular marble base (25 x 64 x 39cm); the inscription is framed by two olive wreaths.
ii. Source(s) provenance Kasara. Found in the Byzantine church of Kasara.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) Theon (if the restoration is correct, see also above IV.ii)
Gender Male

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Women
Note The two honorees are husband and wife.
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status The two honorees are foreigners (from Ephesos and Selge, see below XI.ii).
v. Relations husband and wife

X. ACTIVITIES

iv. Honours/Other activities Olive and gold crowns are awarded as honours (θαλλο[ῦ στ]εφάνωι κ[α]ὶ χρυσέωι, thallou stephanoi kai chryseoi, l. 8).

XI. INTERACTION

i. Local interaction The honouree, Zenon from Selge, is probably not just a namesake of Zenon from Selge, benefactor of the koinon of the Aphrodiastai Hermogeneioi (CAPInv. 2016), but in all likelihood one and the same individual (Bresson 1991: 159).
ii. Interaction abroad The honorees are a certain Thessalia from Ephesos and her husband, Zenon from Selge.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Bresson, A. (1991), Recueil des inscriptions de la Pérée rhodienne: Paris.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive terminology and the actitivies of the association ensures its private character.