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Last Updated on 20 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 1626: to koinon ton Aphrodisiaston

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Ionia
iii. Site Ephesos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τῶν Ἀφροδισιαστῶν (SEG 43: 773, ll. 7-8 et passim.)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton Aphrodisiaston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 200 (?) - 100 (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms ἡ σύνοδος Ἀφροδίτηι, he synodos Aphroditei (SEG 43: 773, l. 33)
ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Aphrodite
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν, koinon
σύνοδος, synodos
Note koinon: SEG 43: 773, ll. 7-8 et passim
synodos: SEG 43: 773, l. 33 et passim

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG 43: 773 (200 (?) - 100 (?) BC)
Note See also:
Suppl. Ephes. 14*1
Knibbe et al. 1993: 125-6
Online Resources Suppl. Ephes. 14*1
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Honorific decree, Greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a marble column
ii. Source(s) provenance South of the quay of the harbour canal

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects κλισίον, klision (SEG 43: 773, l. 30): The term designates a sanctuary, because the painted portrait of Damophilos is to be set up "in the most conspicuous place in the klision".

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials οἰκονόμος, oikonomos (SEG 43: 773, l. 28)

γραμματεύς, grammateus (SEG 43: 773, l. 28)

Both officials are responsible for the coronation of the benefactor during the rituals.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The inscription mentions in l. 32 τελεταί, teletai ("rituals"), but no specific information is given.
Deities worshipped Aphrodite
iv. Honours/Other activities The association honors its benefactor Damoteles; he receives a crown, a regular proclamation during the rituals, and a portrait to be set up in the shrine.

XI. INTERACTION

ii. Interaction abroad According to the ed. pr. (Knibbe et al. 1993: 125-6), this was an association of Rhodian merchants. But this has to remain a hypothesis.

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Knibbe, D., Engelmann, H., and Iplikçioğlu, B. (1993), ‘Neue Inschriften aus Ephesos XII’, JÖAI 62: 124-30.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Theophoric names on -stai can securely be taken as evidence for private associations.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain