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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2006: Sarapiastai Athanaistai koinon

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I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Aegean Islands
ii. Region Rhodes
iii. Site Lindos

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Σαραπιασταί Ἀθαναϊσταί κοινον
ii. Full name (transliterated) Sarapiastai Athanaistai koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 121 (?)

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Cultic:
Theophoric:Ἀθαναιισταί, Athanaistai - From the doric spelling of Athena (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959] 2-13, 80-89).

Σαραπιασταί, Sarapiastai, l. 6.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Lindos II 300a
Online Resources Lindos II 300a
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The dating of the association rests upon a newly revised date by Badoud. Badoud dated 300a-b to 121 BC and 300c to 70 BC. Blinkenberg had originally dated the three inscriptions in Lindos II 300 to the year 70 BC and contemporaneous with each other. Blinkenberg based his dating on the name Νικατορίς, Nikatoris (Lindos II 300c, l. 6) who was the niece of the priest of Athana Lindia in 70 BC. Nikatoris is considered to be the founder of another association called [Αφροδι]σιασταί Νικατοριδείων κοινον, [Aphrodi]siastai Nikatorideion koinon (Cl.Rhod. II 211, 48.14, cf. CAPInv. 2016).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term (koinon) as well as the cultic activities guarentees the private character of the association.