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Author: Ilias Arnaoutoglou

CAPInv. 298: [era]nistai

I. LOCATION

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

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) [ἐρα]νισταὶ (Agora XVI 202, ll. 4-5)
ii. Full name (transliterated) [era]nistai

III. DATE

i. Date(s) 286 - 239 (?) BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) Agora XVI 202 (286 - 239 (?) BC)
Note Ed. pr. Hesperia 6 (1937) 453 no. 4.
The text is written stoichedon.
Online Resources Agora XVI 202
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Fragmentary decree in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble stele preserving only its left side, measuring 0,115x0,123m.
ii. Source(s) provenance Found in a modern context in the Athenian Agora, I 3241.

VII. ORGANIZATION

iv. Officials Secretary (ἐγραμμάτευεν, egrammateuen, l. 2).
Steward ([ἐπιμ]ελητα[ί], epimeletai, l. 1).
vii. Judicial system The remains in ll. 4-6: ων εἴπει ἢ γρά[ψει — — — ἐρα?]|ΝΙΣΤΑΣ ὀφειλ[— — — τεῖ Ἀφ]|ροδίτει, on eipei e gra[psei --- era]nistas opheil[--- tei Aph]roditei) strongly suggest some sort of fine for violation of duties perhaps by an official of the group.

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iii. Income A source of income was probably the imposed fine in ll. 4-6.

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship Fragmentary mention of Aphrodite in dative (in connection with the levy of fines?) could suggest some form of worship by the group (ll. 5-6).
Deities worshipped Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodite (?)

XII. NOTES

iii. Bibliography Tracy, S. (2003), Athens and Macedon. Attic letters-cutters of 300 to 229 B.C.. Berkeley: 86

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Certain
Note Despite a degree of uncertainty about the restoration [era]nistas, the group displays salient features of a structured group.