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I. LOCATION

i.	Geographical area	Black Sea Region
ii.	Region	North coast of the Black Sea
iii.	Site	Pantikapaion

II. NAME

i.

Association with unknown name

U-BSR-011

III. DATE

i.

Date(s)

f. ii AD

V. SOURCES

i.	Source(s)	SEG 46: 958 (f. ii AD)
	Online Resources	SEG 46: 958 SEG 46: 958[1]
i.a.	Source type(s)	Epigraphic source(s)
i.b.	Document(s) typology & language/script	Fragmentary Greek inscription, possibly a tombstone put by the association for one of its members.
i.c.	Physical format(s)	Five inscribed and one uninscribed fragment of a limestone stele.
ii.	Source(s) provenance	Pantikapaion (necropolis)

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv.

Officials

One γυμ[νασιάρχης], gym[nasiarches] (SEG 46: 958, l. 1), and one νεανισκάρχης, neaniskarches (SEG 46: 958, ll. 2-3), in this case association rather than city officials, as in Tanais (CAPInv. 1324). Their names were surely preceded by those of other officials (see XII.i).

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii.	Gender	Men
	Note	The preserved names are male names.
iii.	Age	Children Adults
	Note	The presence of a νεανισκάρχης, neaniskarches, suggests membership of the youth.

X. ACTIVITIES

iv.

Honours/Other activities

The association probably set up tombstones for its members.

XI. INTERACTION

i.

Local interaction

The membership of a γυμ[νασιάρχης], gym[nasiarches], and a νεανισκάρχης, neaniskarches, may suggests activities in the gymansium.

XII. NOTES

i.	Comments	It is highly probable that the names of the γυμ[νασιάρχης], gym[nasiarches], and of the νεανισκάρχης, neaniskarches, were preceded by those of other association officials. Best analogy seems to be CIRB 103 (CAPInv. 1296), the only association record from Pantkapaion where both a γυμνασιάρχης, gymnasiarches, and a νεανισκάρχης, neaniskarches, are attested in the staff of an association. Therefore, we suggest restoring: [Ἡ σύνοδος ἡ περὶ] [ἱερέα - - - - - - - ] [καὶ πατέρα - - - ] [- - - καὶ συναγω]- [γὸν - - - - - - καὶ] [φιλάγαθον - - - ] [καὶ παραφιλάγα]- [θον - - - - - καὶ] γυμ[νασιάρχη]- ν Πύρ̣ρ̣η̣[ν κ]αὶ νε̣- ανισκάρχη̣ν Σω- σ̣ί̣α̣ν̣ καὶ τῶν vac. [λοιπῶν συνο]- [δειτῶν ἀνέστησ]αν [τὸν δεῖνα κτλ.], [He synodos he peri] [hierea - - - - - - - ] [kai patera - - - ] [- - - kai synago]- [gon - - - - - - kai] [philagathon - - - ] [kai paraphilaga]- [thon - - - - - kai] gym[nasiarche]- n Pyrre[n k]ai ne- aniskarchen Zw- sian kai ton vac. [loipon syno]- [deiton anestes]an [ton deina ktl.] (For the construction in the genitive, τῶν [λοιπῶν συνοδειτῶν], ton [loipon synodeiton], see CIRB 97 and 98, Vinogradov, SEG). Thus, our inscription could belong to the association described in CAPInv. 1296.
iii.	Bibliography	Saprykin, S.Ju., and Chevelev, O.D. (1996), ‘Fragment grecheskoj nadpisi iz Pantikapeja: k voprosy ob organizacii bosporskikh religioznykh sojuzov [A Fragment of a Greek Inscription from Pantikapaion: On the Question of the Organization of Bosporan Religious Associations]’, Rossijskaja Arkheologija 2: 161-7.

XIII. EVALUATION

i.	Private association	Probable
	Note	See XII.i for the possible restoration of this fragmentary inscription.

CAPInv. 1326: U-BSR-011