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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 2134: eranistai hoi meta Pythonos

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Attica with Salamis
ii. Region Attica
iii. Site Rhamnous

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἐρανισταὶ οἱ μετὰ Πύθωνος
ii. Full name (transliterated) eranistai hoi meta Pythonos

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iv BC

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Other:Individuals contribution to provide a loan.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) I. Rhamnous 518
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Horos inscription
i.c. Physical format(s) A piece of stone, wholly rough apart from the inscribed area.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in Rhamnous, now in the collection there (2158 Φ 170)

VII. ORGANIZATION

ii. Leadership Python was probably the leading figure of the group.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

i. Treasury/Funds The group has provided a loan and secured its claim on land offered as security.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

i. Number One person is attested
ii. Gender Men
iii. Age Adults
iv. Status Citizen

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Arnaoutoglou, I. (2003), Thusias heneka kai sunousias. Private religious associations in Hellenistic Athens. Athens.
Cohen, E. (1992), Athenian economy and society. A banking perspective. Princeton.
Faraguna, M. (2012), ‘Diritto, economia, societa: riflessioni su eranos tra eta omerica e mondo ellenistico’, in B. Legras (ed.), Transferts culturels et droits dans le monde grec et hellenistique, Paris: 129-53.
Finley, M. (1951), Studies in land and credit in ancient Athens, 500-200 B.C. The Horos inscriptions. New Brunswick.
Harris, E. (2013), ‘Finley’s Studies in land and credit sixty years later’, Dike 16: 123-46.
Ismard, P. (2010), La cité des réseaux. Athènes et ses associations VIe – Ier siècle av. J.-C.. Paris.
Millett, P. (1991), Lending and borrowing in ancient Athens. Cambridge.
Petrakos, B. (2020), O demos tou Rhamnountos. VI. Hoi epigraphes, ta charagmata, ta stathmia, hoi marturies. Athenai.
Thomsen, Chr. (2015), ‘The eranistai of classical Athens’, GRBS 55: 154-75.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The group carries a distinct name but there is no evidence that it had any internal organization and division of labour.