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Author: Vincent Gabrielsen

CAPInv. 2019: to koinon to Aphrodisiastai Soteriastai

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I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοινὸν τὸ Ἀφροδισιασταί Σωτηριασταί
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon to Aphrodisiastai Soteriastai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i (?) BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

i. Name in other forms [Ἀφροδε]ισιασταί Σωτηριασταί, [Aphrode]isiastai Soteriastai (I.Rhod.Per. 204)
ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Ἀφροδισιασταί, Aphrodisiastai - From the goddess Aphrodite (Morrelli, I culti in Rodi [Pisa, 1959], 34-35, 117-18).

Σωτηριασταί, Soteriastai - Most likely a reference to the epithet of Zeus (ibid. 46-52, 136-147).
iii. Descriptive terms κοινὸν, koinon

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) ASAA 22 (1939-1940), 151-52, no. 7
I.Rhod.Per. 204
Online Resources ASAA 22 (1939-1940), 151-52, no. 7
I.Rhod.Per. 204

AGRW no. 15023
AGRW no. 15214
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Dedicatory-honourific

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain