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Last Updated on 01 Mar 2017

Author: Sophia Zoumbaki

CAPInv. 783: U-PEL-004

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Peloponnese with Adjacent Islands
ii. Region Argolis
iii. Site Troizen

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-PEL-004

III. DATE

i. Date(s) iii (?) BC

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) IG IV 824 (III BC)
Online Resources IG IV 824
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script A fragmentary Greek catalogue
i.c. Physical format(s) Fragment of a marble block
ii. Source(s) provenance Troizen, found in the ruins of a chapel which belonged to a private individual called Dimitris Psachos.

IX. MEMBERSHIP

ii. Gender Men
Note Only male names are listed.

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The list records the unknown function pa[s]ixen[o – (?)], two secretaries (grammateis), a herald (keryx), a diakonos and two paides.

Legrand 1893: 120-1 regards the fragmentary inscription as a list of members of a religious association. Poland 1909: 71 challenges this interpretation for both IG IV 774 and 824, and Ascough 2003: 82 speaks of "sacred officials".
ii. Poland concordance Poland B 8
iii. Bibliography Ascough, R.S. (2003), Paul's Macedonian Associations: The social context of Philippians and 1 Thessalonians. Tübingen.
Legrand, P.E. (1893), ‘Inscriptions de Trézène’, BCH 17: 84-121, esp. 120-1.
Poland, F. (1909) Geschichte des griechischen Vereinswesens. Leipzig.

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Discarded
Note The fragmentary state of this list does not allow us to conclude, whether it is a list of the members of an association or of the participants in the festivity of a local sanctuary.