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Last Updated on 14 May 2019

Author: Benedikt Eckhardt

CAPInv. 460: he hierotate platia

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Western Asia Minor
ii. Region Phrygia
iii. Site Apameia

II. NAME

i. Full name (original language) ἡ ἱερωτάτη πλατία (MAMA VI 176, ll. 5-6)
ii. Full name (transliterated) he hierotate platia

III. DATE

i. Date(s) i - iii AD

IV. NAME AND TERMINOLOGY

ii. Name elements
Status-related:hierotate
Topographical:platia
iii. Descriptive terms πλατία, platia
Note platia: MAMA VI 176, l. 6

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) MAMA VI 176 (i - iii AD)
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Testament (?), greek
i.c. Physical format(s) Marble altar
ii. Source(s) provenance Apameia

VIII. PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS

iv. Endowments Artas son of Artemidoros, a distinguished man who has taken upon himself all liturgies and magistracies, has left "the statue" to the platia. Since his grandsons are responsible for the erection of the statue, this probably means that Artas has given the money for the statue.

Van Nijf 1997: 222, followed by Royer 2005: 383-4, assumes that the statue represented Artas himself, and that the construction work in the theatre mentioned in the inscription provided the association with seats.

XII. NOTES

ii. Poland concordance Poland Z 73
iii. Bibliography Royer, A. (2005), Associations professionnelles et groupes de gens de métier dans les cités grecques d'Asie Mineure à l'époque impériale (Ier - Ve siècles ap. J.-C.). Lyon.
Van Nijf, O. (1997), The Civic World of Professional Associations in the Roman East. Amsterdam.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Possible
Note The status of plateia-organizations is not entirely clear. Does the hierotate platia include all people living in a street or quarter? It would then be inappropriate to see this sort of civic subdivision as a private association.
ii. Historical authenticity Certain