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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2015: Boarsai [Tei]sagoreioi koinon

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I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) Βοαρσαί [Τει]σαγορείοι κοινὸν
ii. Full name (transliterated) Boarsai [Tei]sagoreioi koinon

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 88 BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Personal:Τεισαγορείοι, Teisagoreioi l. 29 - From the Greek personal name Τεισαγόρας, Teisagoras (LGPN I s.v. 4).
Topographical:Βοαρσαί, Boarsai, l. 28 - The meaning of the word is unknown, but it may stem from a village, district or a neighbourhood. (Cf. CAPInv. 2013).

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Maiuri, NS no. 18
Online Resources Maiuri, NS no. 18
AGRW no. 14965
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-honourific inscription in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Great block of local gray marble.
ii. Source(s) provenance Retrieved during the excavation at the construction site for the school of Amarantios in Neochori in the city of Rhodos.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The descriptive term koinon (κοινόν), used together with personal and topographical name elements, guarantees the private character of the association.