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Author: Stella Skaltsa

CAPInv. 2128: to koinon ton Asklepiaston

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) τὸ κοιν]ὸν τῶν Ἀσκληπιασ[τῶ]ν (OMS II 1171-1173 ll. 3, 10, 11-12)
ii. Full name (transliterated) to koinon ton Asklepiaston

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii - i BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Theophoric:Asklepiastai: worshippers of Asklepios
iii. Descriptive terms κοινόν
Note koinon, l. 13

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Robert 1934: 272-274 = OMS II: 1171-1173
Note First edition: Demangel and Laumonier 1923: 374-376 no. 2
Edition with corrections: Robert 1926, p. 5 (= SEG 4: 566)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script honorific decree of the koinon ton Asklepiaston for unkwown benefactors
i.c. Physical format(s) Stele
ii. Source(s) provenance In the Acropolis of Notion (Giaour-keuï)

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects ἐστιατόριον, hestiatorion (l. 7)
τάφος, taphos (l. 9)

VII. ORGANIZATION

v. Other staff οἱ ἐπιμηνιεύ[ο]ντε[ς], hoi epimenieuontes (l. 7)
ix. Privileges - prominent seating (θέσις, thesis) for the benefactors of the koinon in the hestiatorion (ll. 7-9)
- proclamation of honours in the grave upon death (ll. 9-10)
- award of crown

X. ACTIVITIES

ii. Meetings and events The association met at least once a year, in the month of Klarios. A synodos is mentioned in the text (l. 5). It was followed by a deipno (l. 6))
iv. Honours/Other activities See above VII.ix

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Demangel R. and Laumonier A. 1923, ‘Fouilles de Notion’, BCH 47: 353-86.
Robert, L. 1926, ‘Décret des Asklépiastes de Kolophon’, REA 28: 5-9.
Robert, L. 1934, ‘Études d’épigraphie grecque’, RPh 8: 267-292. (= OMS II: 1171-1173).

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note The terminology used (koinon, synodos), the internal organisation, and the activities of the group make it certain that we have here a private association.