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Author: Alexandru Avram

CAPInv. 1183: hoi peri P(oplion) Oualer(ion) Chareta

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Thrace
ii. Region Euxine Coast
iii. Site Callatis

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) οἱ περὶ Π(όπλιον) Οὐαλέρ(ιον) Χάρητα (CBFIR 641 = I.Kallatis 74, l. 8)
ii. Full name (transliterated) hoi peri P(oplion) Oualer(ion) Chareta

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 238 - 244 AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:hoi peri P(oplion) Oualer(ion) Chareta

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I.Kallatis 74 (AD 238-244).
Note See also CBFIR 641
Online Resources I.Kallatis 74 and AGRW ID 14487
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Bilingual text. Dedication of one of the members (βενεφ(ικιάριος) ὑπατικ(οῦ), beneph(ikiarios) hypatikou, l. 4 and φιλοκύνηγ(ος), philokyneg(os), l. 6) on behalf of emperor Gordian III and Sabinia Tranquillina (in Latin). The dedicator consacrates the stele and the hunting net (ἄρκ(υ), arky, l. 5) to the members of the associations, whose names are inscribed (text in Greek).
i.c. Physical format(s) Ogival marble stele (called ταλαμών, talamon, l. 5).
ii. Source(s) provenance Callatis

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

i. Archaeological remains The stele, one of the objects of the consacration itself.

VII. ORGANIZATION

i. Founder(s) On the basis of the group's name the founder may be P. Oualer(ios) Chares (cf. l. 8: οἱ περὶ Π(όπλιον) Οὐαλέρ(ιον) Χάρητα, hoi peri P. Oualer(ion) Chareta). He may have also been the leader.
ii. Leadership On the basis of the group's name the leader may be P. Oualer(ios) Chares (cf. l. 8: οἱ περὶ Π(όπλιον) Οὐαλέρ(ιον) Χάρητα, hoi peri P. Oualer(ion) Chareta). He may have also been the founder.
iii. Members οἱ περὶ Π(όπλιον) Οὐαλέρ(ιον) Χάρητα, hoi peri P(oplion) Oualer(ion) Chareta (l. 8)
iv. Officials Lampadion ἱερεύς, hiereus (whose name is inscribed vertically from top to bottom on the left border of the stele).
Two γραμματεῖς, grammateis (col. B, ll. 18-19).
One ἔκδικος, ekdikos, also called φιλότειμος κάλλιστος, philoteimos kallistos (col. B, ll. 21-22).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number 44 members, including the leader and the officials, whose names are mentioned in very irregular forms (after l. 15 on two columns): nominative or accusative, with or without patronym or, sometimes, with nomen gentile and cognomen.
ii. Gender Men
Note The attested names are male names.
iii. Age Adults

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology suggests a private association.