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Geographical area |
Aegean Islands
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Region |
Kos
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Site |
Kos
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Full name (original language) |
ἐρανισταὶ Εἰσιασταί (IG XII 4.2 1027, ll. 3-4)
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Full name (transliterated) |
eranistai Eisiastai
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Name elements |
| Theophoric: | Isiastai | | Other: | eranistai |
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Source(s) |
IG XII 4.2 1027 (i BC)
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Note |
EV 278
RICIS 204/1003
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Online Resources |
EV 278
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Source type(s) |
Epigraphic source(s)
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Document(s) typology & language/script |
Honorific inscription in Greek for Charmophantes son of Hageson by Archikydes son of Charmophantes and the eranistai Isiastai.
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Physical format(s) |
Small base of gray marble with moulding in the upper part. A hole with channel in the lower part.
H. 20 x W. 19 x Th. 16 cm.
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Source(s) provenance |
Found in 1939 in the church of Aghia Triada close to the Roman theatre.
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Status |
All names are Greek, followed by the patronymic.
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Relations |
The honorand was the son of the individual who together with the association granted honours to him.
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Honours/Other activities |
Joint honours for Charmophantos son of Ageson by the association and the father of the honorand Archikydes, son of Charmophantos.
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Local interaction |
See XII.i.
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Comments |
It is unclear wither Archikydes was the leader of the eranistai Isiastai or whether he jointly honoured his father together with the association.
For other associations devoted to the cult of Egyptian deities in Kos see CAP Inv. 1869 with further references.
A koinon of Isiastai eranistai is also attested in Rhodes: see CAP Inv. 1815
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Private association |
Certain
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Note |
The name, consisting of a cultic element together with a descriptive term, is indicative of private association.
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